Ahead of a potentially seismic general election in the UK, a new series of reports warn that higher education funding is at a “crossroads” across the four home nations.
London Economics hopes to help solve the “widespread lack of understanding” of the current state of funding across the devolved nations – from both political parties and the electorate – and assess a range of policy options.
The consultancy said that disagreement over how higher education is funded had resulted in significant political tensions across the UK since the 1990s.
Gavan Conlon, a partner at London Economics, told Times Higher Education that any increase to the frozen domestic tuition fees was seen as “anathema” to many voters, meaning there were significant political constraints on any policy changes.
