“… I understand the position of the Labour Party as a matter of principle. But it is a policy that has not worked in the past, and won’t work in the future. And just so as to deal with the possible claim that a different government would be more consistent and financially supportive, I would have to point out that the 1980s coalition government of which the Labour Party was a member cut funding for higher education just as brutally as other governments have done. Universities need to escape from the current situation in which they cannot plan financially and cannot secure quality …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 21 March]