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Education policy and research are linked in online

21 November 2013

An online network aims to bring policymakers together with academics studying higher education, potentially stimulating new research on neglected areas such as the effectiveness of access spending. The ''Economics of Higher Education'' network, which officially launched on 20 November, is being led by two London School of Economics academics, with sponsorship from Universities UK and the Economic and Social Research Council. One of the academics behind the project, Gill Wyness, research officer at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, said it was ''not always easy'' for researchers and policymakers to connect, and that better links could ''spark off ideas for research''. She argued that there was a lack of research on important areas such as the ''impact of tuition fees on participation''. Another area of weakness was research on the effectiveness of the widening access measures chosen by universities in their agreements with the Office for Fair Access, added Dr Wyness, who will work on the network with her LSE colleague Richard Murphy, a research economist at the Centre for Economic Performance.

This article was published in The Times Higher Education on November 21, 2013
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Richard Murphy webpage
Gill Wyness webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage
The Economics of Higher Education network webpage

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