How do the university application figures match up against my five questions?
The figures so far do not show evidence of the tuition fees changes having much of an impact. … Read the full post »
Tuition fees
The decision to increase tuition fees was one of the most controversial decisions Nick Clegg made during the 2010-15 Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government. Read more about the issue of university tuition fees before, during and after this Parliament in my posts on the topic.
Five questions you should ask to make sense of the university application figures
Tomorrow the first UCAS application figures for this year are officially published, with some leaked figures having appeared in the Sunday Times today. Superficially the headline figures are not great with an apparent 10% drop. But I’m holding off forming a view until I’ve seen the full figures, because there are five key questions to … Read the full post »
Ed Balls has a new take on having your cake and eating it
There are two problems with a Liberal Democrat like myself blogging about Labour Party conference. … Read the full post »
So, why do you like Vince Cable?
VInce Cable is both hugely popular with Liberal Democrat members and also heavily responsible for tuition fees, a policy members greatly dislike. … Read the full post »
How the world is slowing down and Labour would have doubled tuition fees: posts of the week
Welcome to my weekly round-up of two blogging highlights from the past week: the post that I found most interesting or enjoyable to write and the post from someone else that I found most interesting or entertaining. A post from me… Is the world speeding up? No, it’s slowing down Faster, faster, faster: that is … Read the full post »
The party strategy debate: rolling highlights
The overall tenor of the Liberal Democrat strategy debate was more good-natured than might have been expected. … Read the full post »
Controversy over pay in the university sector
The pay packets of Britain’s university heads rocketed by as much as a fifth last year, just as institutions lobbied for a huge hike in student tuition fees. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #1 is out: welcome aboard!
First new year resolution completed – getting out edition number 1 of Liberal Democrat Newswire. … Read the full post »
Three posts, three views on tuition fees
The following three posts – from a minister explaining why she voted in favour last night, from an ex-MP explaining why he would have voted against and from a member explaining why he’s resigned – are three of the best I’ve seen on the subject. They all explain their own positions showing how they’ve given … Read the full post »
Why does Ed Miliband want to force Chris Huhne out of the climate change talks?
Chris Huhne, who is leading the British team at the Cancun Climate Change Talks, is having to fly home early to take part in tomorrow’s tuition fees vote because Labour is refusing to ‘pair’ an MP with him. Pairing has been around for hundreds of years for good reason. If two MPs each know they … Read the full post »