The rail industry's exit from the Interrail scheme is off, as everyone involved realised it was a terrible idea and whatever spurious financial wins it was meant to bring to the UK rail franchise holders have been abandoned.
The UK won't exit the trans-EU rail ticket scheme in 2020 after all.
It sounds like there was a bit of a bun fight at the business buffet, as the Rail Delivery Group hurriedly tweeted that it was restarting negotiations to stay in/rejoin Interrail yesterday – then replied to itself within hours saying that negotiations were successful.
It's a bit weird, and almost as if it was done on purpose to remind everyone that Interrail exists.
Not that our train companies could ever be that clever:
Britain’s train companies never wanted to leave Interrail.
STEM subjects already lose universities £1,400 per student
Funding for scientific research could be in jeopardy if the UK government implements plans to cap tuition fees, peers have warned.
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into higher education funding said the government should make up the shortfall if it cuts the maximum tuition fees to £7,500 per year from £9,250 at present.
That is the current proposal under the Augar Review into post-18 education and funding, intended to address the escalating costs of university education.
However, Lord Patel, chair of the committee, said: "The Augar Review has completely missed the mark by not considering research funding... By ignoring research and cross-subsidies, it has made recommendations which, if implemented, could prove harmful to the already challenging ecosystem of university funding.
"Without adequate research funding, the consequences for the UK will be devastating and the UK risks falling behind other countries.
