Tuition fees in Scotland under Labour ruled out by Murphy
By . Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has ruled out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border if his party wins next year’s Holyrood election. More...
Labour £6K fees policy ‘could hit universities outside England’
By . The introduction of £6,000 tuition fees in England by a Labour government would have a significant impact on higher education funding in Scotland and Wales, and could potentially trigger the introduction of caps on cross-border student migration, observers have said. More...
Election hustings: Labour's £6K fees pledge debated
By . Ed Miliband and Labour still see a graduate tax as the right “long-term” policy for university funding despite announcing £6,000 fees as their short-term goal, according to Liam Byrne. More...
Cape Breton University officials call for free tuition
The Cape Breton University student union, faculty association and administration are presenting a united front in a call for the federal government to untie the “Gordian knot” that binds student debt, tuition fees and university funding.
One way to do that is to make university tuition free.
Student debt is out of control, leading an increasing number of students to seek financial help, said student union president Brandon Ellis. More...
Canada : Les frais d'inscription triplent pour les Français !
Par Mathilde H. Depuis plus de 30 ans, un partenariat privilégié permettait aux étudiants français de suivre leurs études au Québec à prix cassé. Leurs frais d'inscription vont tripler. Les explications de meltyCampus.
Rien ne va plus pour les 12 000 étudiants français qui suivent leurs études dans la belle province. Nos concitoyens étudiants expatriés représentent quand même 37% de la population estudiantine du Québec. D'après le Parisien Etudiant, un nouvel accord a été conclu entre la France et le Canada pour remplacer celui de 1978. Suite...
The Tories are paving the way to load more debt on students
By . If the Conservatives win in May, people shouldn’t be surprised if they wake up to see tuition fees above £15,000. More...
The Observer view on Ed Miliband’s promise to cut tuition fees
What’s the right price for a university degree? This is a question Ed Miliband sought to answer this week. He announced a manifesto pledge to cut the university tuition fee cap from £9,000 to £6,000 a year, funded by restricting pension tax relief for higher earners. Yet after a day of press releases, speeches and interviews, we remain little the wiser as to what this will achieve. More...
Labour challenged over 'cast-iron' guarantee to cut tuition fees
By Patrick Wintour. Ed Miliband’s pledge to cut annual fees to £6,000 attracts criticism from George Osborne and Vince Cable. More...
Ed Miliband promises to slash tuition fees and boost maintenance grant
By Patrick Wintour. Labour would cut fees in England to £6,000 a year and lift student support to £3,800, funded by wealthier students paying higher interest rates. More...