Education spending Student finance Comparing the systems applying for the 2022 and 2024 university entry cohorts Published on 10 January 2025 Under the new system, student loans will become cheaper for high-earning graduates and more expensive for those with lower earnings. Education and skills Higher education Education
Why are universities in financial trouble? podcast Why are universities struggling, what happens if they go bust and what can government do to help? What other challenges do the HE and FE sectors face? 21 August 2024
The school funding challenges awaiting the new government comment There’s little time to celebrate for Labour’s education team because they face immediate challenges on teacher pay and school funding 5 July 2024
Levelling up: it’s time to step up comment The gap in employment rates between the best- and worst-performing areas is at its widest since 2005, says Christine Farquharson. 30 June 2024
Funding per student in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and school sixth forms data item Rising student numbers and inflationary pressures mean that funding per student has not increased significantly beyond 2019–20 levels. 13 January 2025
Spending per student in 16–18 colleges and sixth forms (actual and projected for 2025–26) data item Increased funding from the last government only partially offsets the cuts to 16–18 education of the previous decade. 13 January 2025
Growth in real-terms spending on the free entitlement for 3- and 4-year-olds data item While spending per place and total spending have doubled since 2009, spending per hour is around 23% higher by 2023–24. 10 January 2025
Changes in marital sorting: theory and evidence from the US working paper Measuring how assortative matching differs between two economies is difficult, we show how the use of different measures can create different outcomes 27 November 2024
The effects of youth clubs on education and crime working paper Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime. 12 November 2024
Schooled by trade? Retraining and import competition working paper We study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive state-subsidized retraining programs. 28 October 2024
