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This page is an attempt to collect together places where people can gain more information about Higher Education.

Overviews of Higher Education Policy

Higher Education White Paper, ‘putting students at the heart of the system’ – http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/higher-education/docs/h/11-944-higher-education-students-at-heart-of-system.pdf

Response to the White Paper, written by a number of top academics, grouped together in the Campaign for the Public University- http://publicuniversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Response_to_White_Paper_Final.pdf

Two papers written by HE journalist and academic Andrew Mcgettigan- one on ‘The Creation of a Market in Higher Education’ http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/%E2%80%98new-providers%E2%80%99-the-creation-of-a-market-in-higher-education

And the other on Privitization in Higher Education http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/who-let-the-dogs-out

Student Loans

Intergenerational Foundation Report http://www.if.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/False-Accounting_-Why-Higher-Education-Reforms-dont-add-up.pdf

Mcgettigan Loans campaign page http://andrewmcgettigan.org/student-loans-campaign/