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This lecture, for the IFS Public Economics Lectures series, focuses on government intervention in the funding of higher education and outlines the implications of these provisions for students, graduates, universities and the tax payer.
Authors

Research Fellow University College London
Emla Fitzsimons is a Professor of Economics at the University College London Institute of Education and a Research Fellow at the IFS.
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.1292
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Fitzsimons, E. (2005). 'Funding Higher Education' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/funding-higher-education (accessed: 15 July 2025).
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