As the year draws to a close, IF Co-Founder Liz Emerson explains what research, campaigning the Intergenerational Foundation has been working on throughout 2021, and what to look out for in 2022. What has IF done in 2021? IF has responded to 19 government consultation enquiries calling for a more equitable settlement for younger generations… Read more »
Category: Student Debt
A year in review for intergenerational fairness
2021, it seems, will end the same way as it started, with COVID-19 putting the nation on hold, but it is the young who have suffered the most as intergenerational unfairness deepens, writes Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, in this end-of-year review. COVID-19 From Delta to Omicron, COVID-19 has delivered a rollercoaster of a year as… Read more »
Can’t stay? We’ll make you pay anyway
The private lettings market for students during the latest wave of COVID-19 is a case of flagrant exploitation, says second-year St Andrews student Rhiannon Woolford
Could Covid-19 signal the death of British universities?
IF Co-founder Angus Hanton says that university students have every right to claim that they are not getting their money’s worth. Indeed, the Covid-19 crisis may be placing the whole university system in jeopardy
Covid-19: this is the moment to scrap student debt
The Coronavirus crisis calls for some radical rethinking all round – but the young are especially exposed. Angus Hanton, Co-Founder of IF, proposes two solutions that would make a big difference to intergenerational justice: scrap student debt and slash income tax for the young