By. As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education. More...
1 mars 2015
28 février 2015
Miliband announces £6K tuition fees pledge
By . Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour government would lower fees to £6,000 and raise maintenance grants by £400. More...
28 février 2015
Raising fee cap for some would create funding ‘inequity’
By . Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned. More...
28 février 2015
Deregulation of university fees will saddle our children with debt and deficit
By Courtney Sloane (NTEU National Office). If the Prime Minister is serious about not wanting to “saddle our children and grandchildren with debt and deficit,” as he said at the National Press Club yesterday, then he has no option but to dump his plans to deregulate university fees, which would see many students paying $100,000 for a degree. “Many students will accumulate debts of $100,000 or more if the government proceeds with its plans to deregulate university fees, and many others will give up hope of ever affording a university education,” National President of NTEU, Jeannie Rea said today. More...
25 février 2015
Which pays off more: Getting a university degree or investing the tuition money?
By Jason Heath. As university tuition fees continue to rise and graduates have trouble getting good-paying jobs, parents and students alike might be wondering if university is even worth it any more. More...
23 février 2015
Sanders wants two years of free college tuition
By Rebecca Shabad. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called for a “revolution” in higher education funding that would involve free tuition for freshmen and sophomores at all public colleges and universities.
“We need a revolution in the way higher education is funded,” Sanders said at Johnson State College, a public school in Vermont, according to his office. More...
22 février 2015
Small Texas College Will Give All Students Jobs to Reduce Their Tuition
By Andy Thomason. A small, private college is set to join a sliver of American higher-education institutions that give all of their students jobs and, in exchange, reduce their tuition, The Texas Tribune reports. Paul Quinn College, a historically black college in Dallas, will give each of its roughly 300 students jobs at the institution or with local businesses. More...
22 février 2015
Labour risks damaging its economic credibility over tuition fees
By Patrick Wintour and Frances Perraudin. Pressure builds on Ed Miliband to set out Labour’s plans for tuition fees, which may see fees cut to £6,000. More...
22 février 2015
Mandelson ignites tuition fees debate as Labour considers reforms
By Patrick Wintour. Lord Mandelson argues any reform must ensure funding for universities is sustained as party debates proposed cut in tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000. More...
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