Archive for tuition fees
The tuition fees trap
The latest edition of my monthly email newsletter about the Liberal Democrats included this story on tuition fees. You can sign up here to get future editions of the newsletter or sign up at the end of this story. Ah, tuition fees. That turned out so well, didn’t it? (Although the latest university data is well worth [...]
New university data shows everyone was wrong about tuition fees
May I introduce you to my latest graph? It’s based on the new data just published about university applications in England and compares the application rate for university places from the most deprived parts of the country with those from the least deprived. As you might expect, the least deprived areas see a higher university [...]
Tuition fees versus income tax
From the latest YouGov poll: Increase income tax in order to get rid of tuition fees for university students? Overall: Support: 27% Oppose: 58% Amongst Liberal Democrats voters in 2010: Support: 35% Oppose: 53% Amongst 18-24 yeard olds: Support: 34% Oppose: 48%
Three ways to make sure you’re talking sense on student numbers, tuition fees and all that
Want to make sure your comments are grounded in solid evidence when talking about the impact of tuition fees on students numbers and the like in England? Prefer evidence that stands up to a little basic scrutiny over that which falls apart the moment you apply a critical rather than a closed partisan mind to [...]
Tuition fees report: time for a partial reverse ferret
When I blogged this morning about the Higher Education Policy Institute’s report into tuition fees, and its claim that the government’s tuition fees policy was in danger of costing more money rather than saving it, I included the caveat that: Predictions attempting this sort of level of accuracy decades into the future are prone to significant [...]
A bizarre silver lining in the tuition fees cloud
Today’s Independent reports: A £1bn-a-year “black hole” in university funding means the Government’s new £9,000 fees regime is in danger of costing taxpayers more than the old system. A report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), a highly respected think-tank, says the Government has “seriously understated” the cost of its higher education reforms… There [...]
How progressive is the new tuition fees system?
The Institute For Fiscal Studies (IFS) has been running its calculators and slide-rulers over the new system, and here are some of the key points that it has concluded: “The new system eventually saves the taxpayer around £760 million per year, driven by a dramatic cut in direct public funding to universities.” “But for universities, [...]
A longer watch for the weekend: Martin Lewis on tuition fees
24 minutes and 1 second of the financial advisor and consumer champion Martin Lewis talking about the tuition fees system, how it works and what people get wrong about it:
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Clegg apology polling
Nick Clegg right to say sorry for making his broken pledge not to raise university fees: 72% Nick Clegg wrong to say sorry for making his broken pledge not to raise university fees: 16% How has your opinion of him changed as a result of this apology? (Net improved minus worsened scores) Overall +0.5% Current Lib Dem voters +40% [...]
“A welcome outbreak of plain speaking from Nick Clegg”
Political, journalistic, public and party views span the full range from “brilliant” to “dreadful” on Nick Clegg’s apology this week over the tuition fees pledge. No surprise that Harriet Harman is not a fan of the Liberal Democrats (a view largely reciprocated, of course.) What matters more is the views of those 5-10% of the electorate [...]
