Moving on out

The sector responds to views about universities from the Conservative Party conference

The Conservative Party conference came to a close with something of a whimper yesterday, as prime minister Liz Truss used her first (and possibly last) conference address as party leader to try to replace the ‘education, education, education’ mantra of the New Labour era with her preference for ‘growth, growth, growth’.

There was no room in the speech for research or education—which is a shame, shame, shame, because education, education, education and R&D, R&D, R&D are absolutely engines for growth, growth, growth.