universities Articles

Toby Young's resignation does not change the fundamental problems with the Office for Students, writes Robbie Young  If there is one thing that reaffirms any speculation about how weak Theresa May is, you only have to look at the fact the Toby Young resigned instead...

Astronomic vice-chancellor pay is indicative of wider inequality – but we cannot let it dominate and distract us from other issues in higher education, argues the NUS's Robbie Young Many people have been, quite rightly, outraged by the current news headlines around...

The United Kingdom’s strong science and engineering base is one of our greatest assets as a nation, with an unparalleled record of invention and innovation driven by world-leading firms and universities. But our economy is only now picking up after the slowest...

Few have described the challenge of the future as well as Britain's Royal Society: 'unless we grow smarter', says the society 'we will grow poorer'. And that is why we need to fix the broken finances of our nation's universities. As the Organisation for Economic...