Appointment of free school founder to Office for Students board draws criticism The former journalist and free school advocate Toby Young is among a group of business executives who are to help head the government’s drive to apply market forces to higher education in England,as current laws near into force that will regulate universities in the same way as water or gas utilities, according to ministers.
Jo Johnson, and the minister for higher education,hailed the current Office for Students (OfS) – which comes into legal existence on Monday – as the acknowledge to concerns over students receiving value for money for their degrees while taking on increasing debt, and opening the sector up to increased competition. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk