Willetts

Currently, Willetts is working on what he hopes will be a "worthwhile piece of prose", and trying not to pin all his hopes on winning the Forward.

Sam Willetts: A season in hell Susanna Rustin 2010

"I am aware that my colleague David Willetts is looking at a number of different themes, one of which is to lower the overall costs of university to families such as yours by opening up more institutions which are based on the Open and London University models," wrote the culture secretary.

Diary Hugh Muir 2010

For Lansley it was doctors and nurses, Oxford dons for Willetts, and teachers for Gove.

Keeping children at school until 8pm is only good for pushy parents | Belinda Webb 2011

Between the two Willetts engagements, people clocked that what was being floated might allow those among the growing band of straight-A students who happened to have tens of thousands of pounds to hand to buy their way into Oxbridge.

David Willetts: The tide of history man 2011

The government's Graduate Talent Pool website has listed more than 29,000 internships since its inception in 2009, according to higher education minister David Willetts – but analysis suggests more than half of these may have been paid below minimum wage.

Internship advertisements on government website may break law 2011

Last week, in a speech to the British Academy, Willetts said fees for arts and humanities students need not be more than £6,000 because these courses were cheaper to teach than sciences.

Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access 2011

Pete FosterTring, Hertfordshire• If David Willetts really does have two brains they must both be very small.

Letters: Off-quota plan harms poor students 2011

David Willetts, the universities minister, has called for a system in which institutions charge varying amounts.

Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access 2011

And the universities minister, David Willetts, a thoughtful and decent man, was proposing no more than another brick in the wall of the educational market when he told Monday's Guardian that he was looking at expanding "off-quota" places, which in plain English means places which could be auctioned off to the highest qualified bidder.

David Willetts: The tide of history man 2011

Willetts said universities were being asked to work much harder to recruit students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access 2011