Gary Gibbon
Crunch Lib Dem MPs’ meeting
Our Political Editor with the latest from the crunch meeting of Lib Dem MPs in Westminster tonight on the reform of university tuition fees.
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Tuition fees will rise by thousands
Universities Minister David Willetts unveils plans to hike university tuition fees to up to £9,000, which Labour branded a “tragedy”. Gary Gibbon says many will welcome the only viable deal.
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Is housing market headed for profound change?
The Conservative party is quietly redefining home ownership, writes Gaby Hinsliff, in a way which could help first time buyers but hit those relying on rising house prices to fund their lifestyles.
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FactCheck: how much does it cost to educate a student?
The claim “The average cost of this world-leading teaching provision has been estimated to be in the region of £16,000 per student.” University of Oxford submission to the Browne Review into higher education The background With the publication of the Browne Review into university funding just a few hours away, the big debate in higher…
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Student debt: the £40k question for Lord Browne
How would you like to begin your adult life with debts in excess of £40k? Writing for Channel 4 News, NUS President Aaron Porter urges Lord Browne to recall his own student days for the answer.
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Vince Cable attacks City ‘spivs and gamblers’
Business Secretary Vince Cable launches an attack on the worst excesses of capitalism in what Gary Gibbon says is a coded warning to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.
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Nick Clegg on tuition fees, free schools and that IKEA cabinet
Gary Gibbon blogs on Nick Clegg’s interview with Channel 4 News – where the Liberal Democrat leader is asked about the government’s free schools policy and stance on tuition fees.
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Clegg: Lib Dems ‘misunderstand’ schools policy
The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg tells Channel 4 News that party members who voted against the coalition government’s plans to set up free schools have misunderstood what the policy is about.
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Will Labour let universities go bust?
Baroness Jacqui Smith is the new Minister for Higher Education. We spoke to her and asked if the record number of disadvantaged students getting a university place this year are actually getting value for money.
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FactCheck: one in six universities rely on international students for more than a third of income
The regulator says reliance on foreign fees is an “increasingly precarious model”.
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Israel ‘must be punished’ for killing Hamas leader, says Iranian analyst
We spoke to Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian political analyst and professor at the University of Tehran who told us he believes Iran’s response will be even bigger than the last time it fired hundreds of missiles at Israel.
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The collapse in creative further education
New data given to us by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, has shown a collapse in uptake for creative courses in further education.
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‘We will not be judged by the constraints and failures over the past 14 years’ – Science Secretary Peter Kyle
We are joined by Peter Kyle, newly appointed as the secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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FactCheck: Reform UK’s employer immigration tax explained
The Reform party has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” on companies that choose to employ overseas workers. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: three promises Keir Starmer has broken
From tuition fees to free movement.
