Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, London Economics are undertaking a range of in-depth analyses in relation to higher education fees and funding arrangements across the four Home Nations of the UK, ahead of the next General Election. Building on more than a decade of our research on higher education funding systems across the four Home Nations, this study aims to:
- Improve the wider understanding of the UK’s HE fees and funding systems in order to support high-quality debate and well-informed voting decisions.
- Supply key evidence and analytical capability to support the development of policies and pledges of UK mainstream political parties so that manifesto commitments are evidence based; and
- Drive up the reliability and accuracy of public claims through the publication of transparent and impartial assessments of the parties’ policies and pledges in each Home Nation ahead of the next General Election.
For more information on the project, please see here. As part of this work, and supported by the Higher Education Policy Institute, we will be hosting four free in-person events in each of the four Home Nations in late February and early March 2024.
