News and Views
6 January 2012
20th Anniversary Celebration: Modern Universities Changing Lives
The million+ 2012 programme of events celebrates the 20th anniversary year of modern universities being entitled to apply for university title. Further events and initiatives will be added during the year – check back here for more information.
6 December 2011
Pam Tatlow in the Guardian: 'George Osborne must incentivise universities to innovate'
If Britain is to return to growth it must innovate. This is why research funding is crucial and awarding ‘innovation vouchers’ could help, argues Pam Tatlow
2 November 2011
Reviewing the challenges for mature students - Prof Geoff Layer in Guardian
Following on from launching the joint million+/NUS mature students study, Professor Geoff Layer, VC at Wolverhampton, wrote for the Guardian about the project and the need to do more for mature students.
28 October 2011
million+ response to BIS Technical Consultation
Read the million+ submission to the BIS Technical Consultation on the future regulatory framework for higher education
24 October 2011
WATCH Professor Geoff Layer launch mature student project
24 October 2011
Early UCAS figures: 2012 Applications
21 October 2011
OFFA: Government has "changed the rules of the game"
23 September 2011
million+ recommendations in response to HE White Paper
23 September 2011
million+/NUS Fringe at Labour Conference
19 September 2011
Times Higher: 'Oxbridge obsession’ blamed for holding back social mobility
19 September 2011
WATCH the million+/NUS Lib Dem Fringe Event
5 August 2011
Who teaches the teachers?
million+ has submitted a response to the DfE’s consultation on ‘Training our next generation of outstanding teachers: An improvement strategy for discussion’. You can download it here
1 July 2011
Research shows modern universities deserve funding - Professor Ebdon in The Times
Professor Les Ebdon sets out the case for funding research in modern universities in The Times Public Sector section on Friday 1 July.
29 June 2011
White Paper in 3 pages (not 83!)
Download a short summary of the changes proposed in the Government’s Higher Education White Paper – Students at the heart of the system.
29 June 2011
HE White Paper: Some initial reflections
Publishing a Higher Education White Paper Students at the heart of the system was always going to be a risky business…
29 June 2011
HE White Paper: A round-up
A round-up of some of the press coverage of yesterday’s White Paper
10 March 2011
million+ submission to BIS Select Committee Inquiry 'The Future of HE'
The BIS Select Committee Inquiry – The Future of Higher Education – is expected to report in July, after the publication of the HE White Paper.
31 January 2011
What the papers say: UCAS figures show record applications
Today’s UCAS figures, show record demand for university places in 2011, with applications up 5.1% on the same time last year. million+ has called on the Government to give a clear guarantee that everyone who is qualified to go to university will be funded in 2011 and million+ Chair, Professor Les Ebdon, has been widely quoted in the press. Read what the papers say.
31 January 2011
Guardian: "Tuition fee waiver scheme 'too complex' to help poorest students"
31 January 2011
PA coverage of million+ National Scholarship proposals
15 October 2010
Briefing: SPENDING REVIEW
The financial implications of the Browne and Spending Reviews on teaching funding and fee levels in universities in England.
Following the publication of Lord Browne’s proposals for the future funding of universities in England, a key question is whether universities will be better-off under the proposals. The attached million+ briefing sets out why the answer seems to be an emphatic ‘no’.
13 September 2010
Graduate Tax - What others say
4 August 2010
Graduate Tax: What’s in a name?
Obviously quite a lot if the fall-out from Vince Cable’s speech on universities is anything to go by. Of all people, the Secretary of State will know the difference between a graduate tax and a graduate contribution scheme.
28 July 2010
BBC NEWSNIGHT: Professor Les Ebdon talks student numbers and graduate tax
million+ Chair Professor Les Ebdon and the University of Bedfordshire played host to BBC Newsnight on 15 July as the programme reviewed Vince Cable’s first major speech on Higher Education as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
19 July 2010
A Graduate Tax? Qs that need answering...
12 July 2010
Professor Ebdon keynote speech: research concentration "stifles innovation"
8 July 2010
Leading academic attacks “Luddite” claims on graduate numbers
Claims that there are too many graduates and that public funding should be diverted away from universities and into apprenticeships are “short-sighted, deceiving and Luddite”, according to one of Scotland’s most senior academics.
8 July 2010
million+ Summer Reception 2010
million+ annual Parliamentary reception highlighted the ‘University Challenge’ for MPs and Peers who were also presented with the latest million+ publication So just what is a university? This provides the answers to frequently asked questions about universities in the UK, challenges some misconceptions and identifies key policy and funding issues for MPs and Ministers in the new Parliament.