By John Morgan. The Labour Party’s policy to lower fees to £6,000 has been described as “not incredibly sensible” by the head of education at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, who said it benefits only the highest earning graduates. More...

By John Morgan. The Green Party has committed to a policy to abolish tuition fees, which it says would cost £8 billion a year in the long run, as well as to cancel student debt, which it costs at £2.2 billion a year. More...

By Chris Parr. Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision. More...

By Chris Parr. Spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical”, a conference has heard. More...

By Chris Parr. Of 126 institutions analysed by the Brite Green sustainability strategy consultancy, only 44 are on track to meet or exceed the 2020 reduction targets set by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. More...

By Chris Havergal. The Scottish National Party has pledged to support Labour’s proposed reduction of tuition fees in England to £6,000. More...

By Chris Havergal. Thousands of workers who built New York University’s campus in Abu Dhabi were excluded from the institution’s enhanced labour standards, an independent report says. More...