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Debtfare

The recent USS Pension Strike in the UK has revealed the ways in which private firms profit from higher education and how the marketisation of education is turning both universities and students into debtors.

No 23: Welfare to Debtfare: Who benefits from the marketisation of higher education in the UK?

March 26, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Antonios Roumpakis The recent strike over the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) exposed how university finances are undermined by the continuing marketisation of higher education. […]

Recent Posts

  • Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project
  • Event: What can the four UK nations learn from each other on health policy?
  • Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
  • Event: SPA Pension Policy Group annual public event on Wednesday, 20th May 3pm – 4:30pm
  • Blog: The Public-Private Mix in Pensions – A Comparative Perspective
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  • Blog: Promoting Connectedness Across Differences Through Social Mixing in West Lothian: Insights from Phase One of a Three-Phase Research Project
  • Event: What can the four UK nations learn from each other on health policy?
  • Event: Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
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