Category Archives: student loan
Upfront fees, perks for the rich, and the social mobility problem
Got cash? Feeling flush? Pay your money up front and enjoy the university YOU want to attend. David Willetts, Minister for Universities & Science, is looking at proposals that allow rich students (or rich parents) to pay higher fees up … Continue reading
Filed under academia, higher education, money, politics, spending, student loan
Access agreements and uncertainties
If universities want to charge more than £6,000 in yearly tuition fees, they have to outline how they intend to help attract disadvantaged students and improve social mobility. The Office For Fair Access (OFFA) has today published guidance to universities … Continue reading
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What will be the future of education?
Lord Browne’s Independent Review of HE Funding and Student Finance is due tomorrow. If reports on the content of the review are to be believed, students are not going to be happy. As students across the country prepare to march … Continue reading
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Filed under graduate, higher education, money, politics, student loan, students
David Willetts: Student burdens and imaginative thinking
Universities are topping the news agenda again this morning. Lucky us. Or maybe not. David Willetts, the universities minister, has said that students should see tuition fees “as an obligation to pay higher income tax”. Oh dear. Then again, we … Continue reading
Filed under academia, budget, higher education, money, politics, student loan, students, universities
Russell Group on HE fees and funding
The Russell Group has today released its first submission to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding. Student leaders are outraged that the report suggests an increase in debt repayment rates, lower repayment thresholds for graduates, and a real interest … Continue reading
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