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How should we fund universities?

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...

News round-up: Universities are hoarding £44bn in reserves – but the cost of a student loan will rise

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...

Yes, tuition fees in England are among the highest in the world

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...

News round-up: a drop in student applications and a possible cut to tuition fees

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...

TEF and tuition-fee rises are not in the Higher Education and Research Bill. Why?

by CDBU Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | Guest blog, Higher Education and Research Act, TEF, Tuition fees

No.  2 in a series of guest posts by G.R. Evans The Secretary of State, introducing the Higher Education and Research Bill at the Second Reading, urged that ‘the teaching excellence framework is such an important part of the Bill’. But the Bill does not mention it....
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