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Johnny Rich
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CEO, PushTalks & Engineering Professors' Council. Author of The Human Script. Specialist in #HigherEd #FairAccess #LifelongLearning #Employability #SocialMobility #Policy Threads: @Johnnois Mastodon: @JohnnyRich@mastodonapp.uk Twitter: @johnnysrich
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I’m a cosignatory of a letter from The Fair Access Coalition in today’s Times welcoming reports over the weekend of a potential planned return of maintenance grants. www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...

Letter text: It is essential that any changes to maintenance grants increase the overall amount of support students are getting. Simply replacing some loan entitlement with grants will not help students to pay the bills. Going to university remains one of the best choices a young person can make to increase their chances of getting a good job. Proposals such as these this will help to turn Labour's opportunity mission into reality.
The Fair Access Coalition
Laura Gray CEO, Brightside; Anne-Marie Canning CEO, The Brilliant Club; Sam Holmes CEO, Causeway; Steve Haines
director of public affairs, Impetus; Rachel Carr
CEO, IntoUniversity; Jonny Rich CEO, Push;
Nick Bent CEO, UpReach; Jayne Taylor CEO, The Elephant Group; Anna Searle CEO, The Access Project
Letter to the editor of The Times: Student grants
Sir, The report in your article ("University. tuition fees 'to rise with inflation'", Sep 28) of a potential increase in maintenance grants for university students is most welcome. Support for students on low incomes to cover rent, food and travel has not kept up with inflation. This is a significant concern for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds considering applying to higher education. Our experience of working with thousands of these students means we know first-hand the extreme hardships they face as undergraduates.
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I got a job programming software. Every day, I finished my work with a flourish. I was a computer coda. #weakendpun

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Excellent and helpful summary by Rose Stephenson & @josh-freeman.bsky.social#HigherEd#LabourPartyConference2024www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/09/27/t... I particularly liked this bit 😉:

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My cat got fined for having her kittens in the street. To be fair, the sign clearly said, “no littering”. #weakendpun

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“Neither students nor the country are well served by allowing the real value of fees to fall for ever” apple.news/Aoj3b8Hu1ShW...

Britain should let university tuition fees rise
Britain should let university tuition fees rise

Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year

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“Neither students nor the country are well served by allowing the real value of fees to fall for ever” apple.news/Aoj3b8Hu1ShW...

Britain should let university tuition fees rise
Britain should let university tuition fees rise

Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year

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Johnny Rich
@johnnyrich.com
CEO, PushTalks & Engineering Professors' Council. Author of The Human Script. Specialist in #HigherEd #FairAccess #LifelongLearning #Employability #SocialMobility #Policy Threads: @Johnnois Mastodon: @JohnnyRich@mastodonapp.uk Twitter: @johnnysrich
133 followers200 following206 posts