Educational and economic commentary

Professor David Green is a frequent commentator on both educational and economic matters for press and broadcast media. He has been interviewed on the Sunday Politics Show, BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Sky News, The Radio 4 Today Programme and The World This Weekend as well as BBC News 24, Midlands Today, Central News, Radio 5 Live, Radio 1 and for local BBC and commercial radio. He has contributed articles and been interviewed inThe Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Times, Financial Times and Daily Mail, as well as the leading UK journal on higher education The THE and the leading US journal on higher educationThe Chronicle. David is known as an outspoken advocate of increased educational opportunity and of the positive, productive role of universities in modern society.

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University recruitment

In 2010 Professor Green spoke out about Government fines for universities who over-recruited:

  • Daily Telegraph – February 2010 – 
  • Daily Telegraph – February 2010 - 
  • Daily Mail – February 2010 – 

Tuition fees

In 2010/11, Professor Green was one of the only Vice Chancellors to speak out in opposition to the raising of tuition fees and has continued to speak out on this issue:

  • The Independent – March 2010 – 
  • The Times – August 2010 – 
  • BBC News – December 2010 - 
  • Times Higher Education - April 2011 – 
  • The Guardian – May 2013 – 
  • Times Higher Education - September 2017 - 
  • The Guardian – October 2017 - 

Higher education policy

Professor Green has also spoken more widely about Higher Education policy and students:

  • Chronicle of Higher Education - October 2010 - 
  • Chronicle of Higher Education – August 2011 - 
  • Chronicle of Higher Education – November 2011 - 
  • The Guardian – January 2013 - 
  • The Independent – October 2015 - 
  • The Guardian – November 2015 - 
  • Times Higher Education – June 2017 - 
  • Times Higher Education – June 2017 - 

Nursing and Midwifery students

Professor Green has been an avid campaigner of the need for more Nursing and Midwifery students, and in opposition to the scrapping of bursaries for these subjects:

  • Nursing Times – April 2011 – 
  • The Daily Telegraph – September 2012 – 
  • The Times – August 2017 – 
  • Nursing Times - October 2017 – 
  • BBC News – October 2017 - 

Teacher training

He was one of the first to predict a teacher shortage and has long campaigned for more teacher training places:

  • Daily Telegraph – October 2014 - 

Brexit

In October 2017, Professor Green was the only Vice Chancellor to make public a sinister letter from Government whip, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, asking for the names of Professors teaching on Europe:

It was first published in The Guardian – 

And subsequently across more than 600 other news channels worldwide. Here is a selection:

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  • The Times of India - UK universities fear censorship after lawmaker asks how they teach Brexit
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  • The Times - 
  • BBC News – January 2018 –