Now you see it, now you don't!

 

“Waving his left hand, Willetts tells prospective students that they won't have to pay any money, will be free to choose whatever university they want and will be better informed about the products available. But with a wave of his right hand, he makes the public university disappear, invites a range of new interests to access wholly new income streams flowing out of the pockets of students and their families, and puts in place mechanisms by which the government set the criteria according to which universities will be judged.”

 

Alan Finlayson. Full article here:

 

http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/alan-finlayson/david-willetts-is-trying-to-conjure-away-dangers-of-higher-education-refor