Ben Reilly

Hi, A Google Alert threw up this, and I'd be delighted to answer any questions people have. To answer the points that have been raised so far: By your first point here do you mean those who are not pursuing vocational degrees? As to the second point, yes, I do think they would be liable. I would say that this system would mean that universities would have an incentive to provide life-long training and support for their graduates. That is what this would do. By definition in an open (ish) economy, as there is a skills shortage, the wage rises. Therefore universities would have an incentive to provide the skills needed. This obviously would-not work where there is a single employer, such as the NHS. For those, the single employer would probably offer to give money to the universities if they provided graduates who were suitably qualified. I find this very difficult, because I too believe that there is an intrinsic value in having a well-educated civic society. Fortunately, I don't see any contradiction. The full paper is available at http://www.policyinstitute.info/AllPDFs/ReillyFeb06.pdf