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  • Election 2024: Three Vice-Chancellors’ Manifestos

    2 October 2023 by Professor Sir Chris Husbands of Sheffield Hallam University, Professor Sasha Roseneil

    In the run up to what is widely expected to be the most hotly contested general election for many years, three experienced vice-chancellors from English universities outline what they want the political leaders to include in their manifestos. Their ideas range across the full range of higher education and research…

  • Does the Lifelong Loan Entitlement meet its own objectives?

    11 May 2023 by Rose Stephenson

    The new Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE), due to start in 2025, is a major and positive improvement to how the student support system in England enables lifelong participation in higher education. It also has the prospect of commanding cross-party support, at least in broad design if not in the detail.…