Why are the coalition so ageist?
Aaron Porter highlights the difference between the coaltion’s treatment of under-30s and over-65s.
The idea £9k fees would be the exception was always a pipe-dream
As Exeter University, the first outside the Russell Group, declares its intention to charge the £9,000 top fee for its degree courses the government’s plans to change the higher education funding landscape continue to unravel at an amazing pace.
£9,000 fees at Cambridge are just the first of many
News today that Cambridge University plans to put fees up to the maximum £9,000 as soon as the fee cap is listed will surprise no one, writes NUS president Aaron Porter.
Clegg’s using the same rhetoric to justify fees rise as he used to oppose it
Nick Clegg is using exactly the same rhetoric to justify the rise in tuition fees as he used to oppose it, writes National Union of Students president Aaron Proter.
Simon Hughes has a huge responsibility to ensure fair access to universities
National Union of Students president Aaron Porter writes about the huge responsibility facing the govt’s new ‘Advocate for Access to Education’ Simon Hughes.
The Coalition cannot afford to increase university fees
Leaks coming from inside former BP boss, Lord Browne’s review of higher education funding today suggest that will stay true to his big business background and suggest the Government raises the cap on tuition fees to £7,000 and subject universities and students to the perils of a market.
Double whammy of university policy failures threatens young people
As young people collect their A-level results today a double whammy of failed policies has left them in a precarious position, says NUS President Aaron Porter.
When is a graduate tax not a graduate tax?
Confusion about what Vince Cable has proposed and how that relates to the National Union of Students’s proposals has been widespread.
Vince Cable: Friend of students or con artist?
Business Secretary Vince Cable’s announcement this morning in support of a graduate tax today is an important milestone in the campaign for a fairer university funding system.
The government must not sell-out over Student Loans book
George Osborne’s announcement of plans to sell off the Student Loans book can certainly sound somewhat ominous: a debt that was previously owed to the government could now instead be held by some clandestine private company.