YBF Exposes Waste in Education

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

We are all well aware that there is waste in our education system and thankfully YBF is here to expose the culprits.

The Arts and Humanities Research Council pays for research projects that include research into the the history of Victorian pantomime and children’s playground songs, to name just a few. The quango is given £100million by the Department of Innovation, ­Universities and Skills to give grants for education research in universities across England and Wales. A Young ­Britons’ Foundation study reveals hundreds of thousands of pounds is being pumped into research that taxpayers may struggle to find worthwhile.

YBF’s Chief Executive, Donal Blaney commented,

“It is worth remembering that at a time when ordinary people are having to tighten their belts the Government continues to throw millions of pounds at utterly obscure research…. now is the time to restrain Government spending and this kind of frivolous waste must be brought under control.”

You can read the full article as covered in the Sunday Express here.