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How fees will rise by inflation

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Seizing the current policy moment – from cost-savings to radical efficiency

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How much does teaching cost?

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The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?
The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?

The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?

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What's the kerfuffle about PSNFL?
What's the kerfuffle about PSNFL?

What’s the kerfuffle about PSNFL?

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Over a quarter of young people don’t understand the student finance system
Over a quarter of young people don’t understand the student finance system

Over a quarter of young people don’t understand the student finance system

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And you thought that crackdowns on rip-off degrees were dead
And you thought that crackdowns on rip-off degrees were dead

And you thought that crackdowns on rip-off degrees were dead

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There should be hope for a fairer sector beyond what the UUK blueprint offers

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University efficiency savings and independent school efficiency savings
University efficiency savings and independent school efficiency savings

University efficiency savings and independent school efficiency savings

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A bluffer’s guide to the Universities UK blueprint for HE policy under Labour

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A blueprint for change needs students at its centre

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The poverty gap between students and the universities they attend is getting wider
The poverty gap between students and the universities they attend is getting wider

The poverty gap between students and the universities they attend is getting wider

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Fees of £10,500 would be a return to the policies of 2017

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Who should pay for relief for students and universities?

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Research England funding allocations, 2024-25
Research England funding allocations, 2024-25

Research England funding allocations, 2024-25

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Should the government get on and raise fees?
Should the government get on and raise fees?

Should the government get on and raise fees?

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Is the student grant on its way back?
Is the student grant on its way back?

Is the student grant on its way back?

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Some students are regularly skipping meals to cut costs
Some students are regularly skipping meals to cut costs

Some students are regularly skipping meals to cut costs

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Universities will be told to
Universities will be told to "double down" on sharing things

Universities will be told to “double down” on sharing things

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Rich men got a massive (graduate) tax cut. Can Reeves and Phillipson reverse it?
Rich men got a massive (graduate) tax cut. Can Reeves and Phillipson reverse it?

Rich men got a massive (graduate) tax cut. Can Reeves and Phillipson reverse it?

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How to fail, with Universities UK

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What would £12,500 UG fees in England really mean?
What would £12,500 UG fees in England really mean?

What would £12,500 UG fees in England really mean?

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Jacqui Smith goes searching for funding options in Reading

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OfS’ insight on the risks of franchising fall short at addressing the incentives

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How to resist the enshittification of higher education

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Scotland needs to inject some subtlety into its symbolism over fees

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The universities where 99% haven’t repaid their student loan
The universities where 99% haven’t repaid their student loan

The universities where 99% haven’t repaid their student loan

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The golden age of universities is over says new OfS chair
The golden age of universities is over says new OfS chair

The golden age of universities is over says new OfS chair

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A fees increase is
A fees increase is "unpalatable"

A fees increase is “unpalatable”

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Without further funding the government needs to be clearer about what it expects from universities

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OfS and Research England funding allocations, 2024-25
OfS and Research England funding allocations, 2024-25

OfS and Research England funding allocations, 2024-25

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Public sector pay increases are coming - will universities and students benefit?
Public sector pay increases are coming - will universities and students benefit?

Public sector pay increases are coming – will universities and students benefit?

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The government must mitigate the risks of a university going under

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Whatever happened to student protection?
Whatever happened to student protection?

Whatever happened to student protection?

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Labour has “no plans” to raise tuition fees

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Students want more flexibility. Here's some tweaks to deliver it
Students want more flexibility. Here's some tweaks to deliver it

Students want more flexibility. Here’s some tweaks to deliver it

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A brutal set of funding allocations for Wales’ universities
A brutal set of funding allocations for Wales’ universities

A brutal set of funding allocations for Wales’ universities

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A look at Labour’s in-tray for higher education

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TRAC data, 2022-23

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A butterfly flaps its wings, and tuition fees remain frozen
A butterfly flaps its wings, and tuition fees remain frozen

A butterfly flaps its wings, and tuition fees remain frozen

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The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance

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The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance

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Scotland to (possibly) lose two funding agencies

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How an incoming government could act immediately to stabilise universities at risk of financial collapse

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The taxpayer and businesses will demand more from universities

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The cost of living is an access risk

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There are too many students at university. But not for the reasons some say

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The latest on those 1,289 funded places in Scotland
The latest on those 1,289 funded places in Scotland

The latest on those 1,289 funded places in Scotland

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Scottish symbolism over fees obscures options on university funding
Scottish symbolism over fees obscures options on university funding

Scottish symbolism over fees obscures options on university funding

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A manifesto for higher education from an academic perspective

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How to get the sector through the next year

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Why I wouldn’t bet against a fee rise after the election

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Tough questions for government and institutions to fix higher education’s finances

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What are a future Labour government’s options to secure the future of higher education?

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Maybe too many people go to university

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What does the General Election mean for higher education?

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A manifesto for unlocking PGT potential

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Student financial support for PGT is a forgotten, inadequate mess
Student financial support for PGT is a forgotten, inadequate mess

Student financial support for PGT is a forgotten, inadequate mess

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The student interests regulator couldn't seem less interested in students' interests
The student interests regulator couldn't seem less interested in students' interests

The student interests regulator couldn’t seem less interested in students’ interests

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Podcast: Graduate route, sector finances

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OfS assessment of university finances warns of need for structural change to stave off risks of provider collapse

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UCU calls for an employer levy to fund undergraduate study
UCU calls for an employer levy to fund undergraduate study

UCU calls for an employer levy to fund undergraduate study

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Student financial support is between a rock and a hard place

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Seven questions we’ll be debating at the 2024 Festival of Higher Education

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It’s not (all) about the money, money, money

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Maintenance grants can't buy cultural capital
Maintenance grants can't buy cultural capital

Maintenance grants can’t buy cultural capital

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Ships, Sugababes and Trigger’s broom – how promises to students get broken

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Podcast: Funding, disabled students, nursing

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They don't understand it and when they do they don't like it
They don't understand it and when they do they don't like it

They don’t understand it and when they do they don’t like it

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Cut cut cut cut cut cut cut

Cut cut cut cut cut cut cut

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DfE’s annual funding letter is out. Don’t spend it all at once

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The longer Labour leaves announcing on student finance, the more it could be Quack Quack oops
The longer Labour leaves announcing on student finance, the more it could be Quack Quack oops

The longer Labour leaves announcing on student finance, the more it could be Quack Quack oops

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Are students being protected from course cuts and closures?

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Fees in Wales will rise to £9,250 in September. Except where they won't
Fees in Wales will rise to £9,250 in September. Except where they won't

Fees in Wales will rise to £9,250 in September. Except where they won’t

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False economies – why cutting SHAPE courses is bad for HE and bad for the country

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Are “back office services” really better together?

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To win the funding argument universities need to explain where the money goes

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There may be ways to make UK higher education cheaper to run

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The university after securonomics

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Is it time to slap VAT on tuition fees?

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OfS starts the funding conversation

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To universities students could be an asset, not just a cost

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The proliferation of foundation year courses has created some blind spots

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Everything from the 2024-25 DfE supplementary estimates
Everything from the 2024-25 DfE supplementary estimates

Everything from the 2024-25 DfE supplementary estimates

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How the Student Premium actually works

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The questions that will and should be asked about franchising

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How thin is Scottish student funding being spread?

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No big movement on funding in Northern Ireland - at least, not yet
No big movement on funding in Northern Ireland - at least, not yet

No big movement on funding in Northern Ireland – at least, not yet

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Podcast: Fees and funding, access, public sector

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The prudent case for civic engagement

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Four big beasts in a triangle of sadness
Four big beasts in a triangle of sadness

Four big beasts in a triangle of sadness

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Tuition fees in Wales rise to £9,250 a year
Tuition fees in Wales rise to £9,250 a year

Tuition fees in Wales rise to £9,250 a year

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Those London Economics/Nuffield Foundation fee models in a nutshell
Those London Economics/Nuffield Foundation fee models in a nutshell

Those London Economics/Nuffield Foundation fee models in a nutshell

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Public services are in crisis, and universities are part of the solution

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There are better ways to fund and govern universities as quasi-public services

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Across the UK, providers are struggling

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Maybe higher education is just as unfair as it seems

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The last of the current OfS fee information series
The last of the current OfS fee information series

The last of the current OfS fee information series

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Nobody has any idea what proper postgraduate funding should look like

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Policymakers need to realise that financial turbulence in higher education will hurt the whole nation

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