Posts Tagged “tuition fees”
Is Ed Miliband preparing to junk his promise to cap tuition fees at £6,000?
by Stephen Tall on March 31, 2013
An interesting snippet from today’s LabourList interview with Ed Miliband. On the subject of tuition fees, here’s what the Labour leader has to say: “We’re definitely looking at [a graduate tax]. I think there’s been some work going on at (…)
University application rates in England at highest ever for disadvantaged groups, even post-£9k tuition fees
by Stephen Tall on January 30, 2013
UCAS has just released the latest university application figures as at January 2013. The good news is that they show an overall increase of 3.5% across the UK compared to 2012. The government will breathe a particular sigh of relief (…)
Two years on from the tuition fees U-turn – what do Lib Dem members think now?
by Stephen Tall on November 13, 2012
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 550 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results. 7-in-10 say new fees system is fairer than old LDV asked: Overall do you think the [...]
What I told Eddie Mair about that Nick Clegg apology
by Stephen Tall on September 20, 2012
Yeah, so that Nick Clegg video — the one I talked about yesterday and which has now gone viral — has attracted a fair degree of media attention. I showed up on BBC Radio 4′s PM programme today, alongside two (…)
Nick Clegg says sorry over broken tuition fees pledge – the clearest sign yet he wants to fight the 2015 election
by Stephen Tall on September 19, 2012
Here’s the next Lib Dem party political broadcast — and before you run away at the thought of a PPB this one is more interesting than most because Nick Clegg says sorry for breaking the Lib Dems’ manifesto commitment to (…)
Mike Moritz’s gift to Oxford: a couple of thoughts from me
by Stephen Tall on July 12, 2012
Oxford University was yesterday able to unveil what is probably the largest ever pledged donation towards student financial assistance in the history of any European university. The bountiful benefactor? Mike Moritz, Welsh son of an academic emigre father who fled (…)
The Coalition and Tuition Fees: history may well be kinder (though that may be too late for the Lib Dems)
by Stephen Tall on April 20, 2012
One of the first posts I ever blogged, over 7 years ago, explained my support for tuition fees, and why it would be in the interests of the Lib Dems to to drop their opposition to them. Ironically, given how (…)
Tuition fees: three quick reflections on this week’s debate
by Stephen Tall on February 2, 2012
I’ve blogged a few times this week about the post-£9k tuition fees university application figures — here are a further three quick thoughts: Mature students Largely missing from the media’s coverage of the headline-grabbing drop in overall applications, is the (…)
Dr Pack & Mr Tall Debate… Tuition fees: what should Lib Dem party policy now be?
by Stephen Tall on February 2, 2012
Over at LibDemVoice, Mark Pack and I debate how Lib Dem party higher education policy can move forward now £9k tuition fees are a reality. You can find the original piece, with comments thread, here. Below is the blatantly copy (…)
Liam Burns, tuition fees and the death of irony
by Stephen Tall on January 27, 2012
With tuition fees of up to £9k due to kick-in for this year’s university entrants, the thorny issue of application numbers is bound to generate controversy: has the price hike deterred potential students, or had no effect? The release of (…)
