What critics fail, or refuse, to understand is that our charges actually improve access to higher education by allowing universities to offer more places. More...
How have tuition fees changed university life?
Whether you attended or worked at university before or after tuition fees we’d like to hear your experiences. More...
It’s delusional to think tuition fees are fair. Poorer students are being penalised
The less well-off are accruing far more debt than their richer peers, simply in order to obtain a degree. University funding needs urgent reform. More...
Finally, an admission that the game is up on tuition fees
Martin Harris, former director of the Office for Fair Access, argues that tuition fees should be revised, not abolished; Sally Hunt of the University and College Union says that the time has come for a proper debate on how we fund universities; Malcolm Ace points to the ticking timebomb of student loan debt. More...
The Guardian view on abolishing student fees: easier to say than to do
Graduates are seeing few of the benefits they were promised for their £9,000. But free university would mean hard choices. More...
Young people have spoken: will they be heard over university fees and grants?
We ask whether the government should rethink student finance after the high youth election turnout. More...
Higher education fees are rising – so is it still worthwhile enrolling?
This ‘House’ Doesn’t Win
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. In a twist on the college film, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler portray parents in need of money to pay their daughter’s college tuition. Don’t expect discussion of 529 plans or free tuition states. More...