tuition fees
More than 1,000 PPCs sign pledge to oppose rise in tuition fees
More than 1,000 candidates have signed the NUS pledge committing to vote against higher tuition fees & push for a fairer alternative during the next Parliament.
Parties must come clean on fees to win student vote
Just a third of 16-25 year olds voted at the 2005 general election; as we approach polling day the main parties are attempting to engage young people.
Loans chaos rounds off rotten week for students
The news this morning that students are to face another year of chaos and delays in applying for grants and loans comes at the end of a terrible week for them.
Could a business education tax mean an end to tuition fees?
A ‘business education tax’ would raise enough money to abolish all university tuition fees and would still leave our rate of corporation tax lower that of France, Japan and the US.
University participation will fall if fees rise
The papers today cover rises in higher education participation. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that any fee increase would reduce participation.
Evening Standard retreats over tuition fees
The Evening Standard was forced to change its headline this evening after complaints from David Willetts. But student activists stood by to outline the implications of an increase in tuition fees, apparently favoured by the Conservative Party.