...think government reforms could widen social divides

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the results of the 2002-2003 student income and expenditure survey conducted by the Department for Education and Skills. The survey is the first to analyse the consequences of the abolition of grants for higher education in the UK and their replacement with loans, as well as the introduction of tuition fees in 1998. The survey reveals that students from wealthy backgrounds have done better out of the new system than those from poorer backgrounds, generally leaving university with lower levels of debt. It is argued that the fear of debt will keep future students from poorer backgrounds out of university and that the effect of the government's reforms will be to widen social divides.

Influence, Surveys, United Kingdom. Department for Education and Skills, Education costs

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The right must get radical and go back to 'small-c' roots

Article Abstract:

An analysis of how the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom can win over academics who are coming to believe that Tony Blair and the Labour Party are dabbling in social engineering. It is contended that while the Conservatives are currently in trouble, if they were to rediscover some of their old ideological traditions then they could win over academics by defending the autonomous values of higher education against those within the Labour Party who see higher education merely as another tool for social engineering.

Government domestic functions, Social policy, Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Politics, Scholars

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