Tory pledge to slash university places by 100k “economically illiterate”, says UCU

Responding to the Conservative Party's proposal to cut university places by 100k, University and College Union (UCU) general secretary Jo Grady today (Wednesday) said:

‘This is an economically illiterate policy; no country has ever grown by slashing university places. Nonsensical ideas such as this come as no surprise from the party that crashed the economy, and fortunately, have no hope of being enacted, as the Tories will not be winning an election anytime soon.

‘The way to deal with the student debt burden is through a return to public funding, this could be paid for with a wealth tax, so those who benefit the most from getting a degree contribute more.'