{"id":76745,"date":"2026-08-13T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/76745\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:00:18","slug":"record-a-level-results-wont-stop-universities-from-struggling-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/76745\/","title":{"rendered":"Record A-Level results won\u2019t stop universities from struggling. This Is Why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Record A-Level results won\u2019t stop universities from struggling. This Is Why.\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YR_L9omNvJA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nRecord A-Level results won\u2019t stop universities from struggling. This Is Why.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs envelopes were ripped open up and down the country, university vice-chancellors were as eager to find out the results as hundreds of thousands of anxious students.<\/p>\n<p>So, a record number of undergraduates heading to campus this autumn might seem like good news for the higher education sector.<\/p>\n<p>But do frozen tuition frees, rising costs, and reduced investment for universities tell a different story?<\/p>\n<p>And with the prime minister encouraging more teenagers to take up vocational training, what does the future look like for universities?<\/p>\n<p>Niall Paterson is joined by Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Follow This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<br \/>\nFollow Niall on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynewsniall<br \/>\nFollow Niall on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynewsniall<\/p>\n<p>Find out how to subscribe to our members club, Sky News Insider: https:\/\/skynews.supportingcast.fm\/<\/p>\n<p>Sky News Insider requires a paid subscription and is available to UK listeners aged 18 and over.<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Record A-Level results won\u2019t stop universities from struggling. This Is Why. As envelopes were ripped open up and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[23354,10788,62282,1050,39,733,1426,296,59954,1302,62281],"class_list":["post-76745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-discussion","tag-eclipse","tag-europe-eclipse","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-palestine","tag-podcast","tag-sky-news","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-this-is-why","tag-where-to-watch-eclipse"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117089764803545802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}