After almost a decade of failed processes to reform the current funding system, the government must produce a revised system that improves the quality of outcomes for students in all courses.
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Students currently pay higher fees for courses that lead to jobs with typically higher wages. But not all students find, or want, a job in their area of study. Should all students then pay the same amount for their university degree?
Here’s why some English universities are raising their tuition fees again.
The huge problem of youth unemployment in South Africa appears to be getting worse. New research will hopefully amplify their voices and inform more realistic interventions to combat the monster.
What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.
Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year’s election.
In the May Budget, the government may look for ways to shift the costs of higher education from the taxpayer to the student.
As South Africa’s students call for free university tuition, it’s worth asking whether higher education would be free in a truly just society.
Students and academics are fed up with the situation at South Africa’s universities. One way to improve conditions is for universities to be run as institutions of learning – not big businesses.
What does it really mean to be “ready” for university? Research involving more than 3000 high school learners and first year university students have tried to answer this complex question.
New research shows the risk that students’ won’t complete their course goes down if they have to pay more for it.
As university becomes more expensive, it seems more students are seeking other ways to pay for their education.
Policies announced in George Osborne’s budget could harm students’ access to university and cost the state more.
There are suggestions that grants to help students cover their living costs could be cut.
Ed Miliband’s pledge to drop fees from £9,000 to £6,000 has been met with alarm by university vice chancellors.
Labour’s much anticipated but yet-to-be confirmed policy to reduce the cap on university tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year will be highly expensive, could leave universities £10 billion out of…
As students take to the streets calling for free higher education, a spotlight is being shone again on the sustainability of England’s higher education system. While much of the debate centres around financial…
It is now as close to a consensus as makes no difference that the current regime for funding higher education in England through high fees paid by students – or repaid by some graduates – is bust. Lord…
As we approach the UK general election in May 2015, a number of options are on the table for politicians considering the future of university tuition fees. The parties have not yet fully set out their…
Plans to remove controls on the number of students in England from autumn 2015 could see more universities turning to recruit students from the European Union, according to a new think-tank report. Nick…
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