by CDBU Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Admissions, Brexit, News round-up, Part-time students, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Brexit dominates the headlines this week, as Imperial announces a partnership with a German university and a scientist warns of the ‘catastrophic’ effect leaving the EU could have on cancer research University ‘dual nationality’ plan for Brexit BBC, 10/10/2018, Sean...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 8, 2018 | Guest blog, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Discussions about student funding don’t have to revolve around tuition fees, argue Josie McLellan, Richard Pettigrew and Tom Sperlinger. Instead we should start by asking fundamental questions about the purpose of a university education Debates about higher...
by CDBU Admin | Apr 27, 2018 | News round-up, Uncategorized
Universities now hold three times as much in reserves as they did in 2011-12, just before higher tuition fees were introduced Universities sit on £44bn after tuition fee increase The Times, 27/04/2018, Rosemary Bennett Universities are ‘hoarding’ £44 billion of...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 21, 2018 | CDBU Updates, Tuition fees
It turns out the CDBU were right about tuition fees Prime minister Theresa May has admitted that tuition fees in England are among the highest in the world. It’s good to see an acknowledgement from government of something that we first drew attention to three years...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 17, 2018 | News round-up, Tuition fees
It’s been a busy week in higher education. We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting stories, from a possible cut to tuition fees to the revelation that a diploma mill in Pakistan has been selling degrees to British nationals Universities expect sharp...
