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22 Apr 2010 16:46:54
University Vice Chancellor Professor Les Ebdon has challenged the main political parties to make their respective positions clear on key issues relating to higher education in the UK.
The university think-tank million+, of which Professor Ebdon is Chair, has published a Higher Education ‘Scorecard’ with an invitation to parliamentary candidates to respond on a wide range of issues, including their commitments to higher education investment, future fees policy, research funding and social mobility.
The scorecard includes a ‘Gold Standard’ for higher education policies and challenges all parties – Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat – to say whether they would promote the million+ Gold Standards if they were elected.
Professor Ebdon said: “The General Election campaign is now well under way and yet the future of universities and students has hardly been mentioned by any of the three main political parties in England.
“More than 2.5 million people either work or study at the UK’s universities. They deserve to know whether the party leaders and their candidates see universities and students as part of their investment strategy for the recovery or part of their cuts programme to reduce the deficit. Many of those applying to university will also want to know whether there will be a funded place for them in 2010.
“The million+ scorecard shows that no party has met the million+ Gold Standard and all must do better.”
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