Tuition fees

As the Liberal Democrats mark a quarter of a century as a party, Channel 4 News looks at the highs and lows under four leaders and five general elections.

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.

The governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, says the economy is recovering but inflation will be higher than previously forecast.

A rise in university tuition fees and soaring food costs are blamed for the shock rise in UK inflation to a five-month high of 2.7 per cent.

The video remix of Nick Clegg’s apology over tuition fees has gone viral. Here are some of the other best political spoof videos.

In a party political broadcast, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says ‘when you’ve made a mistake, you should apologise’, admitting a manifesto pledge to vote against increasing tuition fees was mistaken.

There will be an estimated 11,000 fewer university places this year. But where will the cuts hit and who will suffer? Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long takes a look.

As a record number of young people buy annual cards for cheap coach and train travel amid rising motoring costs and tuition fees, car insurers deny they are pricing students off the road.

Plans to penalise those who pay off student loans early seem likely to be ditched. But would it be wise to try and pay the government back before you need to ?

Thousands of officers on duty in central London in a bid to keep the streets calm as protesters march against the goverment’s plans for higher education.

As police warn they could use rubber bullets at the higher education march, a student protest group tells Channel 4 News it is a “scare tactic” aimed at stopping people attending the demo.

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.

One in four universities and colleges is not meeting their own targets for recruiting students from poorer backgrounds.

University tuition fees would be capped to a maximum of £6,000 under Labour says Ed Miliband in a move designed to please party loyalists and win back the student vote.

A record number of students are fighting for university places through the clearing system after getting their A-level results on Thursday.