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Budget Commentary: Jam tomorrow for the poor

Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, shares her views on the autumn budget. “The big ticket item from yesterday’s Budget – apart from extra…

Top tips for moneywise students

If you’re heading off to university this Autumn or considering studying flexibly with The Open University, you will no doubt be examining your finances.  Here’s seven…

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Academics respond to the Budget 2017

Following the Chancellor, Philip Hammond’s, first Budget Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in economics and personal finance and Mick McCormick, Head of Social Work at The Open…

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OU academics review 2016 budget statement

George Osborne today delivered his eighth budget as Chancellor. We spoke to two Open University academics with different areas of expertise to get their take on the…

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Are more poorer students going to university?

The OU’s Vice-Chancellor, Peter Horrocks, looks at the numbers behind claims in the Budget that more students from poorer backgrounds are going to university. This blog post…