Guardian: Top universities urge scrapping of free-for-all student recruitment plan
…ent number controls in Australia – and what it could mean for England. Our comments re-stated the urgent need to create a more flexible, robust and affordable student loan system to allow people, whatever their age or background, to acquire high-level skills for the changing global economy. Professor Steve West, chair of the University Alliance group of newer universities such as University of Portsmouth and Coventry University, said Australia’s e…