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Snow chaos and the UK economy: I would suggest what I learned in my Economics A-level class – “psychology and timing are everything when it comes to management of an economy”, Jon Snow blogs.
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The Government denies plans to let wealthy parents pay higher fees to secure their children a place at university, insisting that access must be based on “ability to learn, not ability to pay”.
Kate Middleton’s origins – unlike those of the blue-blooded Princess Diana – are unspectacular, not to say humble. We look back over the life and times of the woman who could become the next Queen.
A senior university academic tells Channel 4 News of the complexities of setting tuition fee levels in a competitive environment.
The claim “If you look at Oxford and Cambridge – the percentage of pupils from state schools going to those universities has actually gone down over the last 20 years…Only one black person went to Oxford last year. I think that’s disgraceful.” David Cameron MP, April 11, 2011
The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, says young people are the victims of the Coalition Government’s deficit-cutting plan. Faisal Islam investigates.
Labour’s push for a Government U-turn on its plan to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has been defeated in a Commons vote despite more student protests.
Plans to make it easier for poorer students to study at university under the new tuition fees regime have been criticised by the body representing UK universities.
Snow chaos and the UK economy: I would suggest what I learned in my Economics A-level class – “psychology and timing are everything when it comes to management of an economy”, Jon Snow blogs.
From flatmate to the future king’s first love, Kate Middleton is to marry Prince William amid traditional fanfare and a future of public scrutiny. Channel 4 News looks at the married couple to be.
Lord Browne says the system of university tuition fees he is proposing is “highly progressive”. But just how progressive can it really be? FactCheck finds out.
Channel 4 News FactCheck analyses some of Education Secretary Michael Gove’s claims from his speech at the Conservative party conference
Home Secretary Theresa May has launched an independent review of the UK’s extradition laws, to see if the UK’s treaty with the US is “unbalanced”. Darshna Soni meets one woman facing extradition.
David Willetts claims there are more people at university than ever before. Cathy Newman investigates.
A-level students whose grades do not match up to university offers are facing a tough fight for the few placements freed up through clearing.
The claim “Graduates on average have better employment prospects and can expect to earn at least £100,000, net of tax, more than non-graduates across their working lives.” Universities and science minister David Willetts, commenting on The Push National Debt Survey, 13 August 2010 The background Students will owe nearly £25,000 when they graduate, a new…