New English minister signals end to ‘needless’ university bashing

The education spending in England is about £6000 to £6500 per secondary school place and pupil pwe annum (see Fig 3.1 of https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/comms/R150.pdf). For mathematics teaching this money buys a teaching force of which 48% has an academic degree in mathematics (page 18 of www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/Within-school%20allocations%20of%20maths%20teachers%20to%20pupils_v_FINAL2(1).pdf). Most parts of school syllabus are taught to hundreds of thousands of pupils -- with prepared material available to teachers. Schools cry about financial shortages. Universities charge £9250 for teaching delivered by world leading experts, who create made-to-measure syllabi for small groups of students (typically 30-300). I don't see any bad value for money.