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Underestimating the number of universities charging the maximum £9,000 per year tuition fees could result in a substantial funding shortfall, a Government spending watchdog has warned.
The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University tells Channel 4 News his decision to cull some 70 per cent of courses will offer better value for students.
Gary Gibbon
So tomorrow we get the government’s way ahead on university funding. The fundamental to remember is that they have massively, gigantically scaled back their own cash commitment to universities. They are proposing a way to fill the enormous black hole.
Lord Browne’s report applies only to universities in England. So what’s the situation elsewhere in the UK? Channel 4 News investigates the system in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Gary Gibbon
The Coalition will go further than Lord Browne in requiring some graduates to pay back more than the cost of their degree, says our Political Editor.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon blogs on the tough choices facing the coalition government with the impending publication of Lord Browne’s review into higher education funding.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon reports from Vince Cable’s lecture to vice-chancellors at London South Bank University.
The cut “It is the case that a lot of the money received by Universities through the teaching grant and through HEFCE will in the future get to universities via students.” Universities Minister David Willetts, 3 November 2010 The background Today’s announcement to increase tuition fees was, said Universities Minister David Willetts, to deliver “a…
Dr. Seggane Musisi is from Makerere University College of Health Sciences and his research includes the study of mental health care in Africa.
The NHS isn’t the only part of the public sector facing strike action. University lecturers are already staging walkouts and teaching unions are balloting for action. We spoke to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan following an announcement that the government is giving universities and colleges £490 million to invest in facilities – and asked her if…
Theresa May has announced a sweeping review of higher education in England, admitting the system of university tuition is amongst the most expensive in the world. The Prime Minister said the review would look at the whole system of student funding, but she also made clear that she did not favour scrapping tuition fees in…
The number of students going to university reaches record levels, although there are still big gaps between men and women alongside regional disparity.
The average graduate is saddled with more than £40,000 of debt, according to research. Do you earn enough from a degree to make it worthwhile?
Students protesting in an area at the centre of London’s student district could be imprisoned or fined, after the University of London obtains a court order banning protests on campus for six months.
Students can no longer resit A-level exams in January, meaning some who miss their offer grades may forgo university altogether.