By . Shadow education secretary tells conference of party’s ‘direction of travel’ ahead of 2016 elections.
Scottish Labour’s “direction of travel” is to rule out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border, according to the party’s shadow education secretary. More...
By Barbara Kehm. If Germany has done it, why can’t we? That’s the question being asked by many students around the world in countries that charge tuition fees to university. From this semester, all higher education will be free for both Germans and international students at universities across the country, after Lower Saxony became the final state to abolish tuition fees.
It’s important to be aware of two things when it comes to understanding how German higher education is funded and how the country got to this point. First, Germany is a federal country with 16 autonomous states responsible for education, higher education and cultural affairs. Second, the German higher education system – consisting of 379 higher education institutions with about 2.4m students – is a public system which is publicly funded. There are a number of small private institutions but they enrol less than 5% of the total student body. More...
By . A summer dominated by concern about Hillary Clinton’s wealth has given way to a more friendly autumn. But questions about her finances returned to the headlines Monday night, because of a paid speech she gave to a school in Las Vegas.
The keynote speech to the University of Las Vegas Foundation’s annual dinner became controversial in July when students said they wanted funds put towards student aid, instead of Clinton’s $225,000 speaking fee. More...
By Lynn Arditi. At Roger Williams University, dormitories are bursting with “temporary” triples and “supersized” rooms. Undergraduate enrollment during the last two years has climbed 7 percent, to 4,011 students this fall — the largest in the university’s history. And freshman enrollment during the same period is up 15 percent.
Forecasters had predicted just the opposite. The shrinking population of high school graduates and the tuition hikes that have made college increasingly unaffordable were expected to decrease enrollments. More...
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Scottish students have saved £1bn under the SNP government while students south of the border have footed a bill of £14bn, according to Scottish Parliament research.
Research from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Spice), commissioned by the SNP, found that since fees rose to £9,000 three years ago they have cost students in the rest of the UK £14bn. More...
By Boarding School Beak. Prof AC Grayling says top universities should be charging £18,000 a year; no wonder students are complaining about value for money, says Boarding School Beak. Read more...
By Josie Gurney-Read. The master of New College of the Humanities says it costs elite universities £18k to educate undergraduates and institutions should be able to "cover their costs". Labour’s pledge to cut university tuition fees would make it hard for elite universities to stay in the public higher education system, a leading academic has warned. Read more...
By Daniel Hurst. University of Canberra’s Stephen Parker warns trying to cut fees to compete would send message courses were of inferior quality. Universities that tried to cut their fees to compete with a nearby institution would send a signal that their courses were of lesser quality, a vice-chancellor has warned. More...
By Deborah Hermanns. In Germany, fees were a brief experiment overthrown by popular protest. British students should start a mass campaign for free education. Last week, as the Conservative party conference got under way, Lower Saxony announced the scrapping of tuition fees, making Germany fully tuition-fee free. More...
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