Sally Hunt
Sally is the general secretary of the University and College Union. She writes for Left Foot Forward on higher education.
20,000 extra uni places encouraging but more needed
For those of us in education, today’s budget makes for pleasant reading at first glance, welcome news that the government will fund 20,000 extra uni places.
Could a business education tax mean an end to tuition fees?
A ‘business education tax’ would raise enough money to abolish all university tuition fees and would still leave our rate of corporation tax lower that of France, Japan and the US.
Policy Exchange report fails to consider radical options for university funding
Policy Exchange's new report follows the CBI and other right wing commentators down the road of lazy conclusions when it comes to how best to fund universities.
Thousands of students’ dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts
Today's UCAS figures confirm that thousands of students - one in three - will have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts.
University numbers up but percentage of successful applicants down
Hidden away in today’s figures showing a rise in the no. of university applicants & students is the percentage of unsuccessful applicants - up from 22.4 to 24.7