UCU response to Budget statement

Responding to the Budget statement, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:

"The Tories have today missed yet another opportunity to tackle the deepening crisis facing higher education - which the Chancellor failed to even acknowledge. Job cuts and course closures are sweeping across the sector, and ultimately the only answer is doing away with the failed fee-based funding system.  

"That means massively increasing public investment in education, putting our colleges and universities on a sustainable long-term footing. Without bold action from the next government, higher education - one of Britain's last world-leading sectors - will continue to decline. That would be to the detriment of us all."