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MPs call for an end to higher fees for Hong Kong students

A group of MPs has called for an end to higher fees imposed on students from Hong Kong, calling them an “impediment to opportunity”. In a letter published in The Times, the MPs said the British National (Overseas) visa, which allows people from Hong ...

31 May 2022 at 10:25

Damage to economy may lead Labour to reconsider pledge to abolish tuition fees

Labour’s pledge to abolish tuition fees may need to be reconsidered because of the “damage that has been done to economy”, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested. The Labour leader would not be drawn into whether he still stood by a commitment to abolish ...

05 Jan 2023 at 11:55

Universities get extra £15m to help students with cost-of-living pressures

Universities will be given an additional £15 million in funding this year to help ease cost-of-living pressures for disadvantaged students. Tuition fees for degrees in England will be frozen at a maximum level of £9,250 for the next two years ...

11 Jan 2023 at 16:12

Freezing tuition fees ‘will put pressure on funding for teaching’

A group of universities has warned that a freeze in tuition fees will increase the pressure on funding for teaching. The Russell Group, which represents 24 UK universities, has estimated that due to rising student demand and increasing costs ...

05 May 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Ending free university tuition worthy of calm consideration, principal suggests

Charging Scots graduates for their university education should be given “calm consideration”, the principal of Edinburgh University has said. Professor Sir Peter Mathieson said such a move – which would end the policy of free university ...

10 May 2023 at 09:57

Scotland

Yousaf rejects suggestion of scrapping free university tuition

First Minister Humza Yousaf has rejected calls from a prominent university principal for “calm consideration” of charging graduates for their education. Edinburgh University head Professor Sir Peter Mathieson said such a move – which ...

10 May 2023 at 12:49

Main Westminster parties offer no hope to young people, says SNP’s Flynn

Labour had their “Nick Clegg moment” by dropping plans to abolish tuition fees, according to the SNP’s Westminster leader. Stephen Flynn criticised the move and argued it means none of the main Westminster parties offer “any hope at ...

03 May 2023 at 12:41

Labour principles have not changed, says Reeves after tuition fees U-turn

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted Labour’s principles have not changed as she defended her party leader’s U-turn on his commitment to abolish tuition fees. The shadow cabinet minister was forced to answer questions about Sir ...

03 May 2023 at 15:10

How many of Sir Keir Starmer’s 10 pledges still stand?

Labour’s decision to abandon its plan to abolish tuition fees means the party has retreated from another of the promises Sir Keir Starmer made during the 2020 leadership election. On Tuesday, Sir Keir told the BBC’s Today ...

02 May 2023 at 14:32

Northern Ireland

New revenue-raising measures would help ‘balance the books’, NI Secretary says

New revenue-raising measures would help to improve public services and “balance the books” in Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris has said. The Secretary of State said if people wanted to see a “thriving Northern ...

21 Jul 2023 at 11:00

PM: Numbers cap will end students being taken advantage of with rip-off courses

Rishi Sunak has said he wants to put an end to people “being taken advantage of with low-quality courses” by restricting universities in recruiting students to them. The number of students who can be accepted on ...

17 Jul 2023 at 12:43

Starmer says he could not afford to go to university today

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said his dream of attending university would be stopped “cold in its tracks” today due to the cost. The Opposition leader, who studied law at Leeds University before ...

22 Aug 2023 at 07:28

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