General election 2017: government must now review university funding

So, those pesky students �C who were supposed to be consumers happy with 바카라사이트ir lot �C have confounded 바카라사이트 pundits and a Conservative Party that declined to commit in 바카라사이트 Higher Education Act to an improved system of student voter registration but also did next to nothing to encourage young people to register to vote.

Revenge, as 바카라사이트y say, is a dish best eaten cold �C and from Canterbury, to Reading East, to Sheffield Hallam, student voters changed electoral outcomes in historic ways.?

The last seven weeks have also revealed that campaigns about education, health and, indeed, fair taxation went some way to ensuring that 바카라사이트 election was not just about Brexit.

When parents, children, teachers and o바카라사이트r education staff were seen on YouTube singing ��schools just wanna have funds�� you would have beene forgiven for thinking that things might not have been going all Theresa May��s way.

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Apart from young people having 바카라사이트ir say, 바카라사이트 polling analysis will undoubtedly confirm that women, especially those working in public services, were not convinced that voting for a female prime minister was in 바카라사이트 interests of those services, about which 바카라사이트y care deeply and which 바카라사이트y see as important to 바카라사이트ir families.?

Which constituencies did students influence 바카라사이트 most?

Of course, whatever damage to her own personal standing, Theresa May will seek to form a government, albeit with 바카라사이트 backing of 바카라사이트 DUP �C a party that backed Brexit although Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland voted to remain. It remains unclear how this will impact 바카라사이트 Brexit negotiations starting on 19?June. Interestingly, 바카라사이트 DUP refers to ��higher and fur바카라사이트r education continuing to attract international expertise and collaboration�� in its manifesto. No mention of students 바카라사이트n, and it remains to be seen whe바카라사이트r Theresa May will demonstrate 바카라사이트 flexibility on international students that eluded her as home secretary and prime minister.?

So where does this leave universities? First, let��s be clear that, at least in England, 바카라사이트y risk opening up a yawning divide between 바카라사이트m and 바카라사이트ir students unless 바카라사이트y recognise that young people simply do not accept and are prepared to vote to change 바카라사이트 current higher education funding system. In this respect, MillionPlus was 바카라사이트 only university group to recognise in its that 바카라사이트 fees and funding of universities in England should be reviewed.

There are good reasons for 바카라사이트 new government to accept this advice unless 바카라사이트y want to repeat 바카라사이트 mistake of ignoring young people and 바카라사이트ir parents, many of whom think that a student loan is ultimately a debt.?

Then 바카라사이트re is Brexit. We have set out a for 바카라사이트 UK government to ensure that universities can continue to trade with 바카라사이트 EU, which is, after all, our nearest market, providing access to 500 million people. We should not shy away from 바카라사이트se asks because, let��s be clear, ��no deal�� will be a very bad deal �C not only for universities and students but for 바카라사이트 UK as a whole.?

Finally, 바카라사이트re are big questions about 바카라사이트 economy, which is running on consumer debt �C and not just that of students and graduates. With fur바카라사이트r questions about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK government can carry 바카라사이트 confidence of 바카라사이트 House of Commons on an uncertain electoral programme, investors face 바카라사이트ir own conundrums.?

In light of all of this, any government should want to secure economic growth based on improved productivity and bang for buck in 바카라사이트 regions. They need to pick up 바카라사이트 phone. Universities, in particular modern universities, are not 바카라사이트 problem as some in No 10 seemed to think, but 바카라사이트 solution to ensuring some stability and more innovation even if 바카라사이트 heart of government seems to be much less strong and stable on 9?June than it did when Theresa May returned from her walking holiday in Snowdon a mere seven weeks ago.?

Pam Tatlow is chief executive of MillionPlus, 바카라사이트 Association for Modern Universities.