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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

The debate has been given renewed impetus with the publication of a heavyweight report Tackling the UK’s regional economic inequality: Binding constraints and avenues for intervention (Stansbury et al , 2023) published by Harvard University and Kings College, London. If we want to provide a mechanism for ‘levelling up’ this is an ideal model.

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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

King’s College London gained its royal charter in 1829, but that did not include powers for it to grant degrees. University College London sought a royal charter in 1830, at first unsuccessfully, with the right to award degrees proving controversial. The London Medical Schools were clamouring for that right for themselves.)

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