Search results for ‘university funding’
242 items found
-
University tuition fee hike ‘will cost Treasury £7bn’
The cost of implementing the government’s hike in university tuition fees will cost the treasury six times more than what it expects to save from the move, a new report claims.
-
Children targeted in push for equal university access
A university watchdog calls for children as young as seven to be encouraged to think about studying for a degree under new plans to create a more level playing field for universities.
-
Students in chaos as university loses right to sponsor visas
Thousands of overseas students could be thrown out of Britain within 60 days after London Metropolitan Unversity was stripped of its right to authorise their visas.
-
University applications fall by 9 per cent
As the number of young people applying for university falls by nearly 9 per cent, an A-level student tells Channel 4 News he is reconsidering his future because of looming fees of up to £9,000.
-
University applications fall by nine per cent
Students and lecturers say the drop in applications to university is due to the government’s tuition fees rise. But Universities Minister David Willetts, speaking to Channel 4 News, disagrees.
-
University tuition fees announced
More than one-third of English universities have been given permission to charge fees of £9,000. Student leaders tell Channel 4 News the Government must be “honest and frank about the situation”.
-
University White Paper sets out competition plan
The Government has announced a major expansion of university places as part of reforms to encourage competition among universities and give students better value for money.
-
University tuition fees: mapping the costs
Channel 4 News maps the increasing price of university tuition fees amid changes to government funding. Use the slider to change the cost, navigate the map and click on the icons to find out more.
-
NUS President must lobby to ‘widen access to university’
As the National Union of Students announces its new President, Channel 4 News hears from young people who say more must be done to widen access to university following the hike in tuition fees.
-
Record rush for university places
A record number of students have already applied to university before Christmas in an attempt to secure early places, new figures show.
-
University cuts: a student’s view
As higher education students prepare for a second day of protests, Helen Palmer, a PhD student in London, thinks the proposed higher education funding cuts are politicising a generation.
-
University fees: will higher earners pay ‘over the odds’
The deputy prime minister’s claim that higher earners would pay “over the odds” for their university tuition under the government’s proposed scheme. Is he on firm ground?
-
University tuition fees: more progressive than before?
FactCheck takes a look at the measures the Coalition has added to Lord Browne’s review of higher education funding to make the system “more progressive”.
-
University tuition fees set for huge rise
Graduates face paying thousands more for degrees under proposals published today – and Business Secretary Vince Cable tells Gary Gibbon many courses will cease to receive government subsidies.
-
Exploring both sides of the university tuition fees debate
Social Affairs correspondent Victoria Macdonald describes how universities are reacting to the Browne review into higher education.