Gary Gibbon
As Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms he will abstain on his own measure to reform university funding, Gary Gibbon hears from one senior Lib Dem that getting its MPs in line is like “herding frogs into a wheel barrow”.
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.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon looks at the floor, and ceiliing, for tuition fees following Lord Browne’s review of university funding.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow – in his own words once a “revolting student” himself – on coping with the threat of a stage invasion while broadcasting live on the subject of higher education reform from Leeds University.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon interviews Lord Browne fresh from presenting his review of higher education to a clutch of top politicians.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow asks if the age of protest is over despite the ongoing unfairness in the world – from the lack of equal pay for women, to the threats to university funding.
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 blogs on how the coalition government is giving serious thought to introducing a graduate tax, rather than a big rise in tuition fees.