Gary Gibbon
Vince doing the biz on university fees?
Gary Gibbon looks at the small print of the spending plans for higher education – and finds there might be more cash to ameliorate the rise in student fees.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jon Snow
Higher education reform – protests live on air
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.
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Gary Gibbon
Vince Cable: soft cap or hard hat?
Vince Cable has told the Commons that he is hesitating about Lord Browne’s suggestion of no cap on tuition fees.
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How progressive is Lord Browne’s tuition fees system?
Lord Browne says the system of university tuition fees he is proposing is “highly progressive”. But just how progressive can it really be? FactCheck finds out.
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Gary Gibbon
Lib Dem tuition fees rebellion – or not
Gary Gibbon learns the Liberal Democrats do not expect a rebellion by 30 MPs over university reform, despite NUS claims that they are lining up to protest.
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Gary Gibbon
Lord Browne briefs MPs on tuition fees review
Gary Gibbon interviews Lord Browne fresh from presenting his review of higher education to a clutch of top politicians.
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Jon Snow
Still no equal pay and cuts loom – but will people protest?
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.
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Gary Gibbon
How to fill the black hole in higher education funding
The Comprehensive Spending Review will spell out the size of the funding gap in higher education on 20 October. But you won’t get the government’s plan for filling that hole, it’s reaction to Browne’s report (published 11 October), until some time later, probably before Christmas.
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Gary Gibbon
Could students pay their way through university with a graduate tax?
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.