Postgraduate education: better funding and better access
This publication likens postgraduate education to 'an exclusive golf club' which is becoming increasingly exclusive amid rising tuition fees and real terms cuts to research and funding council support. In joint chapter with the National Union of Students (NUS), CentreForum urges the government to implement an undergraduate style loans scheme for postgraduate taught courses. It is argued that a more restricted loans scheme could be piloted within the government's existing higher education budget before being rolled out in full. In addition, the report urges universities to take steps towards ex ... Show more
Authors: Frostick, Tom; Gault, Tom
Published: London, England, CentreForum, 2013
Resource type: Edited book
Physical description: 56 p.
Access item: https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085220/http://www.centreforum.org/assets/pubs/postgrad-education.pdf
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