Resources

University Funding papers

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1. Original FAIR Paper

FAIR - Initial paper for Russell Group

Original first version produced at request of Wendy Pyatt and presented to Russell Group in 2010

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2. FAIR as sent to Treasury

FAIR as sent to Treasury

Taking account of feedback from the Russell Group and from the NUS an expanded version of the paper was prepared and saw sent to and considered by the Treasury as an alternative to the government issued loan scheme that was in due course implemented.

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3. FAIR post Browne

FAIR post Browne

After the implementation of the £9,000 tuition fee and loan FAIR was not required as a top-up so the proposal was re-written to suggest a wholesale replacement of government loans with university issued loans.

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4. IEA paper

October 2015

4. IEA paper

A revised version was then published by the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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5. Economic Affairs paper

5. Economic Affairs paper

This paper considered earnings outcomes data in the US to argue that the high degree of uncertainty called for alignment of interests. It concluded that risk alignment would improve outcomes.

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6. Committee for the Market Reform of Education

6. Committee for the Market Reform of Education

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7. IEA competition winner

IEA - EdGG levelling up winning idea

This paper combined FAIR with an updated Child credit to ensure that all 18 years olds given same level of support.

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8. Economic Affairs post COVID

Economic Affairs - HE Post COVID

Paper look at likely long term effects of COVID and lockdowns to argue that risk sharing was likely to become more prevalent

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9. 2022 Policy update

IEA - Setting Universities Free

Policy proposal in light of fiscal constraints