Are too many people going to university?

In September 1999, Tony Blair set a goal for 50% of young adults to attend higher education institutions in the UK.

In 2019, twenty years after the policy was announced, university attendance tipped over the 50% threshold.

However, in a world where many graduates work in non-graduate jobs, and where successive governments seek to develop further education in the UK, many have questioned the wisdom of this policy.

This week, we speak with Jack Britton, IFS education expert, and Professor Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at Kings College London, to find out whether too many people going to university: