By Rebecca Ratcliffe. We put the question to university staff, a parent and a student representative. By Simon Johnson. The principal of the University of the West of Scotland claims his peers do not want to cross SNP ministers as Vince Cable says abolishing tuition fees has backfired on working-class Scots. Read more...
By . A study has found no evidence that higher tuition fees affect student mental health in the long term. Academics from the University of Southampton and Solent NHS Trust found that students paying £9,000 fees experience symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress for longer in their first year than those paying less. More...
By . Students from poor families should pay tuition fees of only £3,000 a year, according to the chair of the Independent Commission on Fees. More...
Par Figaro Etudiant. La menace planait depuis longtemps, elle est en train de se concrétiser. À partir de la rentrée prochaine, les Français qui s’inscriront pour la première fois à l’université au Québec paieront 6550 dollars l’année, contre 2300 auparavant. Suite...
Le Québec veut faire des économies. Pour cela, le gouvernement a annoncé que les droits de scolarité payés par les étudiants français inscrits pour la première fois dans une université québécoise allaient tripler, dès la rentrée 2015. Voir l'article...
Last week, we featured six questions that need to be addressed by those joining the chorus calling for lower tuition fees for STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) students in England.
Differential fees by discipline would be novel for the UK, but (as we explained in a 2014 pamphlet) they have existed for a long time in Australia, which has three different fee caps. More...
On Thursday, 5th February 2015, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing its first book. ‘What do I get?': Ten essays on student fees, student engagement and student choice includes contributions from:
By Francisco Marmolejo. The title of the recent blog written by my colleague Harry Patrinos couldn’t be more direct and clear: “Make the Rich Pay for University”. Read more...
By Colleen Flaherty. Most observers agree that adjunct instructors deserve better pay, but what about $15,000 per course? The Service Employees International Union shocked even some adjunct activists last week when it announced that figure as a centerpiece of its new faculty advocacy campaign. But while union leaders admit the number is bold, those involved in the campaign say adjuncts might as well aim big, since they have little to lose. They also say they hope the $15,000 figure will force a national conversation about just how colleges spend their money, if not on middle-class salaries for instructors. Read more...
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