tuition fees

Theresa May’s ‘two-tier system’ tuition fee review

Are we facing a university applications crisis?

Two-year degrees revisited: are they only for the rich?

The rise (and fall?) of the MOOC

University – what’s it actually for?

Two-year degrees: the answer to mounting student debt?

Choosing a university: a fail-proof guide

University often ‘wasted on teenagers’, says UCAS chief

Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), says that university is sometimes “wasted on the young” because many school leavers end up choosing the wrong degree course. Too many teenagers, particularly those from middle-class backgrounds, seem to “sleepwalk” into university due to expectations from their parents, teachers and friends. […]

Tuition Fees Feedback Negative

A stark report from the Higher Education Policy Institute has shown that since tuition fees trebled to over £3000 in 2006, students have not benefitted from increased contact hours or decreased class sizes, prompting fears that the new £9000 fees in 2012 will be similarly unrewarding for university students.

Tuition Fees Early Repayment Fines Abandoned

The government has announced plans to abandon the early loan repayment penalties which had initially formed part of its new tuition fees scheme. We reveal the political horse-trading behind the decision.