Paul Woodgates, Education lead at PA Consulting, sums up the impact of long term fees and loan funding uncertainty. Speaking before the publication of the latest outlines on university regulation he points up the developing trends. (7 mins)
- “This isn’t so much moving the goalposts, this is announcing after we’ve kicked the ball that actually we are playing tennis”
- Government involvement here to stay via OFS and regulation likely to get more aggressive
- Previously settled policy is “thrown up in air”
- Risk of planning blight if future of fees and loans funding in doubt
