Sally Hunt
Sally is the general secretary of the University and College Union. She writes for Left Foot Forward on higher education.
University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students
Sally Hunt examines UCAS's latest round of figures for university applications, and asks what they mean for the future of British higher education
Coalition should heed Obama’s advice on higher education – not slash teaching grants
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama made a strong defence of the importance of higher education, writes Sally Hunt.
Victory as Willetts cans for-profit universities, but vigilance is still needed
Sally Hunt welcomes the news that the government is dropping plans to support for-profit universities, but cautions against celebrating too much too soon.
Cameron needs to start backing our young people and universities
The number of jobless 16 to 24-year-olds has risen by 52,000, to 1.04 million, which is the highest number since records began in 1992, writes UCU’s Sally Hunt.
Government funding of university research at lowest proportion since 1900s
Annual public spending on university teaching and research in England will fall to its lowest proportion in over a century.
Cameron is pricing the young out of education and consigning them to the dole queue
Today’s unemployment figures make for depressing reading, especially for young people, writes Sally Hunt.