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Universities all want higher fees and funding – but the government may prefer a more targeted approach

Written by Chris Millward, Professor of Practice in Education Policy, University of Birmingham

Like most of the UK, universities were surprised by the timing of July’s general election. They had no time to influence the incoming Labour government’s policy commitments.

Labour’s manifesto acknowledged the financial problems suffered by England’s universities, which are caused by a real-terms decline...

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