David Lammy, the Minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has this week come out in support of a scheme for compulsory civic service for students. Based on a report by the think tank Demos, university students would be required to complete 100 hours of community service in return for the state subsidy of their...
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More student debt hyperbole
Student debt is set to rise to £23,500, according to the Push, the university guide. This is quite a lot of money, but as I’ve argued before, it’s less than you think. It’s certainly less than the £83,000 the Telegraph argue that a typical three year BA will cost once tuition fees increase. Here...
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Streeting gives NUS the right idea
I’m beginning to grow quite fond of the NUS president Wes Streeting. Generally, I can’t abide student politicians (I can’t abide normal politicians either), but Wes strikes me as a relatively sensible bloke, with a pragmatic approach to NUS policy. I saw him speak at a Future of Higher Education debate in Sheffield and...
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Labour are losers when it comes to university funding
When a university student leaves education, most will have thousands of pounds worth of debt. Tuition fee loans and maintenance loans all add up to a pretty hefty sum of money. We will all, or the majority of us at least, be sent out into the world with a massive debt on our shoulders...
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Student Debt: The Facts You Need To Know
Student debt. Two words that set the pulses racing, students screeching and politicians cowering. Every year university seems to get more expensive – mainly because it does. Tuition fees creep up, as the cap is subtly raised to account for inflation. Student accommodation becomes swankier and thus pricier. When you graduate you will almost...
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Should universities be allowed to drown in debt?
Policy Exchange have released a report arguing that universities should be allowed to fail if in debt. Duncan Robinson argues that, although the principle is sound, the report misses the point.
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£83,000 for a degree? It’s possible – but only if you really try…
Lovely headline in the Telegraph today:
Parents will need fund of £83,000 to pay for child's university fees.
Wow. That's a lot of moolah. It's also bollocks.
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VCs get fat-cat pay, but are they worth it?
It's never a good time for bosses to reveal massive pay rises for themselves. But the timing of this particular story takes the biscuit.
After grudgingly giving staff a pay rise of, on average around 5.7%, it turns out Vice-Chancellors last year received a pay increase of 9%. Oh dear.
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Relative funding cuts for Russell Group universities
The RAE has not been kind to Russell Group universities. Every single member of the group has experienced a reduction in the amount of research funding per researcher for their 2009-10 allocation. This amounts to £6,000 per researcher. Ouch. Read more here.
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