tuition fees
Can the Oxford Dons turn the tide in the Higher Education debate?
Next Tuesday hundreds of Oxford academics will debate and vote on a motion of no confidence in the policies of the Universities’ minister David Willetts.
The rich should not be allowed to buy their way into the best universities
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, warns against David Willetts's plans to allow the rich to buy their way into the best universities.
Willetts must learn from America’s mistakes over for-profit universities
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt discusses the worrying record of for-profit universities and the even more worrying prospect of David Willetts' helping them expand in the UK.
Cameron fails to retract claim regulator will be able to cut fees
David Cameron failed to answer Ed Miliband's questions on tuition fees and the fair access regulator at Prime Minister's Questions today, reports Shamik Das.
Scotland Vote 2011: Devolved elections campaign round-up
Ed Jacobs looks at all the key issues, policies and dividing lines between the leaders and parties in the Scottish Parliament elections tomorrow.
Local Elections 2011: View from a student ward
When the Lib Dem MP Adrian Sanders wrote that his party had 'lost a generation of young voters', he may have had his party's screeching u-turn on tuition fees in mind. So whether student disaffection with Nick Clegg's party is likely to have an electoral impact is one of the key questions of the 5th May elections.