End tuition fees and market competition
Covid-19 is a wake-up call for the …
Covid-19 is a wake-up call for the …
The disastrous HE tuition fee market experiment of 2011 is unravelling.
The much-trailed Tory-commissioned review into HE funding, the Augar Report, is proposing cuts in tuition fees to £7,500 but a much harder ‘hit’ on students: …
UCU has called a five-week ballot for industrial action over pay this term. It opens on Tuesday 15 January and closes on Friday 22 February. …
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The Government has been forced on the back foot after the Lords pushed through an amendment to the HE Bill which reaffirms what universities are for.
This is an important amendment, because it …
The Tory Government is pushing ahead with its attempt to privatise Higher Education using tuition fees as a mechanism.
The Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17 (“HE Bill” for short) is a key piece in …
Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning victory in the Labour leadership election will change the face of politics in Britain. His campaign focused the angry anti-Tory, anti-austerity feelings shared by millions.
In the article below Sean Vernell assesses the significance of the victory.…