Gavan Conlon

Economist tweeting in a completely personal capacity about economics and politics. That's me on the right! Education tweets on @le_education

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Mention of some of the @LE_Education analysis in here on the student loan repayment system. Universities are in a hole: linking student fees to inflation is the fairest way forward | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian

https://t.co/ZmIyTxyutZ

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Before everyone starts asking about increasing the HE tuition fee, and who pays for it (obvs. important!), understanding the impact of the arbitrary fiscal rules that the Labour government has chosen to inherit is crucial. These limit almost all the options normally available.

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Delighted to publish our new reports on higher education fees and funding systems across the four UK Home Nations. Funded by the @NuffieldFound and supported by @HEPI_news we aim to inform the policy debate in the run-up to the General Election.

https://t.co/DaumAI7Unj

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Ahead of the @LondonEconomics publication of research on HE fees and funding across the Home Nations for @NuffieldFound with @HEPI_news next week, here is a short explainer by the @FT with some nice interactive charts https://t.co/Nf4dTnoiac

[LE Education @LE_Education]

There are going to be four public events looking at higher education fees and funding ahead of the General Election. Hosted by the @NuffieldFound and @HEPI_news, the first is in London on 28 Feb (PM). It's in person only so register while there is space: https://t.co/7K0jboCqta

[Rachel Hewitt @millionplusCEO]

.@GavanConlon introduces today’s important @HEPI_news and @UUKIntl report on the benefits of international students to the economy - one cohort of students bring a net economic benefit of £25.9bn to the UK https://t.co/bjSvdt3KT1

[Linda Cowan @LCpathways]

Very timely update to earlier report by @kaplanpathways @HEPI_news @LE_Education. Thank you to UUK for leading on this. It has never been a more important time for the UK to be welcoming the next generation of international students. They are the global links of the future.

[Linda Cowan @LCpathways]

Really helpful update to the earlier work done by @KaplanPathways @HEPI_news and @LE_Education. At a time of worrying social-political instability around the world, welcoming the next generation of international students to the UK has never been more important.

[Gavan Conlon @GavanConlon]

Sitting in the terminus - 10 minutes late - always the same. It’s not as if we have to get to the airport for a flight or anything

[Gavan Conlon @GavanConlon]

Why do your buses never leave on time? @Aircoach

[C4 News FactCheck @FactCheck]

That's why analysts at @HealthFdn and @LondonEconomics and elsewhere are producing graphs showing significant real-terms cuts over the last decade. https://t.co/J7Jbxc4aAN

[C4 News FactCheck @FactCheck]

Have nurses already had a pay rise? That's the impression you might have got from Boris Johnson at #PMQs today. Here's our @FactCheck: https://t.co/7dONSTqcOe

[LE Education @LE_Education]

In one chart: nurse/Agenda for Change pay in real terms since 2010-11 https://t.co/47gDwo5ATO

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Here is the change in nurse/Agenda for Change total pay in real terms since 2010-11 by spine point @thercn @unisontheunion. Based on publicly available data, whole report https://t.co/sFafUjXmi9

[LE Education @LE_Education]

By @LondonEconomics: Since 2010-11 #NHSPay (AFC) has lagged behind inflation --> significant decline in total pay in real terms, most in excess of 10% / total pay in highest incidence of staff declined 15%. Report here -> https://t.co/XFBa24kGHs… and here

[LE Education @LE_Education]

New from us….
A couple of people were asking about modelling potential changes in student fees and funding
@LucyHunterB @jim_dickinson @dkernohan

so here you are

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Letter from VCs about interest write off. https://t.co/ahHCe1nM3W Cost of an interest rate write off for 1st year UGs (English domiciled across UK and EU domiciled in English HEIs) is £33 million

[LE Education @LE_Education]

In the news today @HalterbeckMaike: https://t.co/ahHCe1nM3W

A well intentioned proposal from 7 university VCs. Charge no interest on student loans for the period of lockdown (15 months). Problem is that it doesn't really have impact.

[RCN Press Office @RCN_Press]

“#pandemic must mark watershed moment where ministers start to respect nursing staff & pay them fairly,” says @thercn chief exec Donna Kinnair as @LondonEconomics study finds Govt would recover 81% of cost of pay rise for NHS England staff @unisontheunion https://t.co/43E5H9kdXS

[LE Education @LE_Education]

Here is our new report today for the NHS Trade Unions looking at the true cost to the Exchequer of increases in the paybill for NHS staff [@theRCN @MidwivesRCM @unisontheunion @HalterbeckMaike ] https://t.co/mLE6yWKGVu