By Patrick Collinson. Labour’s planned changes, the current rules and their possible impact on your pension and savings schemes. 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...
Virgin voters: students react to Labour's £6,000 tuition fee pledge
By Lawrence Wakefield and Abby Young-Powell. Some welcome the opportunity to graduate with less debt, while others don’t think the policy goes far enough. More...
Labour’s tuition fee pledge gets warm welcome from future students
By Richard Adams, Lawrence Wakefield and Abby Young-Powell. Labour’s decision to cut annual university tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 might have received a mixed reception from policymakers but the move was warmly received by those it would directly affect: tomorrow’s students. More...
Labour would cut top level of university tuition fees to £6,000
By Patrick Wintour. Ed Miliband pledges to lower fees from £9,000 by curtailing pension tax reliefs if Labour is elected, arguing current system of student finance is broken. More...
Political parties are neglecting young people – it's time for unis to step in
By James Sloam. Young people are disillusioned with electoral politics and political parties, and feel let down by public policy. Who can blame them? Many young people protested against the Iraq War. It happened, but few would now argue that they were wrong. More...
Ed Miliband to woo younger voters with pledge to cut tuition fees
By Patrick Wintour. Labour leader is expected to say the proposed £3,000-a-year reduction will be paid for by cutting pension tax relief for the wealthy. More...
Government based university fee modelling on ‘invented’ figures, says official
By Daniel Hurst. Education department official casts doubt on calculations while opposing the release of secret documents on impact of Coalition’s higher education reforms. More...
Students at private college told to repay grants
By Shiv Malik. Oxford University’s women in humanities group seeks to promote feminist study and improve the working lives of female scholars. More...
The academics tackling everyday sexism in university life
By Selina Todd. Oxford University’s women in humanities group seeks to promote feminist study and improve the working lives of female scholars. More...