Public hearings

The Review will be holding public hearings as part of its first call for evidence on the 28th and 29th of January in Manchester and London. Below is a list of those appearing at each hearing.

Manchester – 28th January
Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2002-04
Wes Streeting, President, National Union of Students
Professor Steve Smith, President, Universities UK
Professor Lorraine Dearden, Programme Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies

London – 29th January
Sir Martin Harris, Director of Fair Access, Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
Richard Lambert, Director General, Confederation of British Industry
Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics, London School of Economics
Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England
Pat Bacon, President, Association of Colleges
Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor, Open University

The public hearings will be filmed, and videos will be posted on this website as soon as they are available.