The Liberal Democrat manifesto has now been published. This is what they say about post-16 education. On science and research they say: creating a dynamic environment for science and innovation Britain’s future depends on a vibrant research base and the ability of innovators to exploit the country’s intellectual capital to generate new homegrown high tech [...]

Unqualified youngsters four times more likely to be unemployed than students with an A-level UCU today said the current jungle of further education funding streams was a nightmare to negotiate and needed urgent simplification. The union said access to qualifications was vital as figures showed that youngsters with no qualifications were over four times more [...]

UCU today welcomed the announcement by the Conservatives that they would suspend controversial new changes to the way university research is funded. In an interview with the Times Higher the shadow minister for higher education, David Willetts, said he would delay proposals that would force 25% of future research to be assessed on ‘economic impacts’ [...]