UK Universities Offering Discounts for Tuition Pre-Payment
This year, UK universities are offering students an incentives for paying the entire tuition bill upfront instead of resorting to government education loans. Those who bypass the installment plan...
View ArticleAs Tuition Increases, Britain’s Application Numbers Decline
Tuition increases at British universities are having a clear impact on the number of UK students seeking admission to the nation’s higher education institutions. According to analysis of the...
View ArticleUK: Clegg Sorry for Breaking University Fee Election Pledge
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is attempting to explain to his Liberal Democrat supporters why he stepped back from his party’s campaign pledge not to allow any increases in university tuition. The...
View ArticleTuition Fee Increase Means UK Students Eyeing US Colleges
A loss for UK universities might be a gain for schools abroad, The Daily Telegraph reports. According to Graeme Paton, universities from outside the UK — including many Ivy League colleges in the US —...
View ArticleUK: With Less than a Week to Go, Unis Struggle to Fill Slots
The first classes of the fall term at most British universities are scheduled to begin in less than a week, but slots in degree programs in subjects like mathematics, engineering, law and nursing are...
View ArticleWill Bad Math Doom the UK’s New University Tuition Plan?
A report from the Higher Education Policy Institute says that the UK Government greatly erred when estimating the costs of the new university tuition scheme that went into effect this fall. According...
View ArticleBritish Students Can Find University Bargains Abroad
British students wishing to get a university degree on the cheap are better off looking at options outside their own country, according to the analysis released by HSBC. Even when ancillary expenses...
View ArticleAmid Fee Hikes, Brit Uni Grads Questioning Value of Diplomas
Just as the new fee regime put in place by the Coalition government goes into effect this year, there’s a report that more UK university students are beginning to question the value of their diplomas....
View ArticleUK: Undergrad Drop Caused by More Than Just Tuition Hike
Although many attributed the fall in the number of undergraduates entering British universities this year to the recent, well-publicized tuition hike, according to the Times Higher Education, the real...
View ArticleHigher UK Tuition Fees Lead to Tumbling Enrollment Numbers
Although estimates were already predicting that university student numbers in the United Kingdom would decline after steep fee hikes went into effect this year, according to vice-chancellors of a...
View ArticleNew Plan Would Exchange UK Tuition Hike for Assuming Loan Debt
The UK is considering allowing universities to raise tuition fees above the cap of £9,000 ($15,146) a year if they will take on the student loan debts under a plan which will have to pass muster with...
View ArticleIs the UK’s New Tuition Model Distorting Higher Education?
Whether you want to call it a ‘revolution’ or a ‘social experiment,’ major changes are taking place across campuses in the England – and many say not for the better. Universities are adopting a...
View ArticleThousands of UK Students to March on Parliament for Free Education
After holding rallies on campuses, United Kingdom students are set to march on Parliament in coming weeks in a push for free education. The week-long protests, under the name “week of action,” will...
View ArticleScotland’s Salmon Celebrates Free Tuition in Swan Song
Alex Salmond, Scotland’s outgoing First Minister, has unveiled a commemorative stone at Heriot-Watt University inscribed with his 2011 comment pertaining to university costs: “The rocks will melt with...
View ArticleUK Labour Party Pledges to Cut Tuition Fees for University Students
UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband is expected to promise UK’s younger voters a cut in tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year if his party returns to power. Miliband is also saying that pension tax...
View ArticleFewer Than Half of UK Uni Students Say Courses Worth the Money
According to a recent study from the BBC, four in ten students believe that courses they have participated in are a good value for the amount they paid, with over half reporting they would not retake...
View ArticleUK Higher Education Watchdog to Ensure Students Get Value for Tuition
A new Green Paper by the UK government proposes a new teaching excellence framework through which universities will be assessed on their abilities to provide sufficient information to students...
View ArticleUK Students Protest Over Tuition Fees, Maintenance Grants
Protesting students in Britain have called for the abolition of tuition fees and to the upkeep of maintenance grants in a recent demonstration. In their chants, the protesters asked for “grants, not...
View ArticleJust 28% of UK University Grads Paying Off Student Loans
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) VoucherCloud, the a discount voucher site in the United Kingdom, reports that fewer than 28% of recent graduates have begun to pay back their student loans. The group...
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