tuition fees
NUS funding model offers serious lifeline to the Lib Dems to think again
The Liberal Democrats have got themselves in quite a mess on higher education funding. Today, we have the bizarre spectacle of the Vince Cable pulling out (on “police advice”) of a planned speech at Oxford University because students planned to protest his Government's plans to at least double tuition fees.
Police: We did not advise Cable to pull out of Oxford visit
The police have contradicted Vince Cable's claim that they advised him to pull out of a visit to Oxford University today - what would have been the first ministerial visit to Oxford since the publication of the Browne Review into higher education funding. More than 12,000 students had signed up on Facebook to protest the Browne Review this afternoon.
Post-Browne, Labour must strive harder for inter-generational justice
If it is David Willetts who identified inter-generational justice as a profound area of public policy interest, it must be Labour who gains from such insights.
Battle for the ‘squeezed middle’ rumbles on
Conservative commentators are beginning to sense the unease over Tory policy on the 'squeezed middle', reports Liam Thompson.
Why Lord Browne has got his numbers wrong
Lord Browne should check his numbers before giving advice to make universities so expensive that it will put off talented people from poor backgrounds.
Every Lib Dem MP signed NUS pledge – will they all now cave in to Cameron?
Senior Liberal Democrats are facing significant resistance from their political opponents over the less than graceful U-turn over student tuition fees.