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Archive: Higher Education
Comment: Tuition fees should be scrapped completely
Coalition reforms to higher education are revealed as nothing more than de facto privatisation.
Comment: The coalition must go further on tuition fees
Comment: Clegg's flawed tuition fees defence
Comment: Protesting students should ignore the baton round scare story
Academics resign over 'big society'
Over 40 leading academics have resigned from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) peer review college over the inclusion of the 'big society' in its delivery plan.
UCU: Private companies interested in profit not education
Sally Hunt, University and College Union general secretary, warns against allowing private companies access to higher education.
NUS: Complete market chaos for majority
Aaron Porter, NUS president criticises government for causing "complete chaos" in higher education.
Willetts: Students deserve more information
David Willetts, minister for universities and science, speaking on the Today programme outlines his policies on higher education.
Oxford dons pass historic no confidence motion in Willetts
Universities minister David Willets has lost a no confidence motion by academics at Oxford University.
Tuition fees funding gap opening up
Further cuts may be necessary to address an emerging funding problem with tuition fees, MPs have said.
Revolution in higher education: Celebrity academics set up Oxford challenger
An entirely private alternative to Oxford run by some of the best-known academics in the country will start taking pupils next year.
Oxbridge unites for no confidence motion against government
Britain's two leading universities have united to declare no confidence in higher education minister David Willetts.
Willetts pulls 'quickest U-turn in government history'
David Willetts has pulled the fastest U-turn in the government's history, after suggesting rich people could buy their way into university.
Universities keen on £9k tuition fees
Enthusiasm among most universities to charge higher tuition fees than ministers had expected is set to exacerbate coalition tensions over the policy.
Cable 'plotted court challenge' against coalition
Business secretary Vince Cable encouraged colleges to mount a legal challenge against the government, it has emerged.
Clegg wades into Oxford race row
The prime minister is "absolutely right" in his race row with Oxford University, Nick Clegg has said.
Cameron brands Oxford university 'disgraceful'
David Cameron today branded Oxford University 'disgraceful' for admitting one black student last year.
May cracks down hard on student visas
Theresa May has come down hard on the student visa system today, reducing entrants by 70,000-80,000 each year.
Willetts threatens £9k universities with funding cuts
Universities that charge £9,000 in tuition fees could face overall funding cuts, David Willetts said today.
Immigration clampdown 'will push tuition fees up'
Tuition fees could be forced upwards because of the government's approach to tackling immigration, it has been claimed.
NUS president to stand down
The president of the NUS is to stand down amid widespread attacks on his leadership.
New student protest set for January
Central London will be the scene of more student protests next month, as organisers plan another demonstration against tuition fees.
Met chief mulls protest ban
Future student protests could be banned, under plans being considered by police in the wake of violent demonstrations in central London.
Lords pass tuition fees
The Lords easily passed plans for a rise in tuition fees today, as the last obstacles to reform was passed.
Tuition fees protest: The fallout continues
The home secretary is set to update the Commons on the violence at last week's tuition fees demonstration.
Picking up the pieces: Protest investigation begins
Police leaders, politicians and activists were picking up the pieces this morning after an extraordinary day of violence in London.
Video: Tuition fee protest footage
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Comment: The betrayal of higher education
Yesterday's vote saw MPs put political calculation far above the future for students - which now appears grim indeed.
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