Value for Money — A Gathering Storm?

These days it seems as though we talk of little else. If the volume of debate about value for money can be taken as a measure of success, the Office for Students, which has student value for money as one of its core objectives, may certainly take a bow.

So far, though, discussions have often generated more heat than light, and moreover it seems like those outside of the sector are making the running. This potentially places individual institutions on the back foot in their dealings whether with student stakeholders or with the Office for Students. It is also potentially dangerous for the sector as a whole in the context of the Post-18 Review of Education and Funding.