The Covid university chaos shows Labour is right on scrapping tuition fees
Recent data shows a dramatic increase in Covid cases across the country over the last month as students…
Higher Education
WATCH: Students used as “cash cows” by universities, says Labour MP
Siobhan McDonagh has accused universities of treating their students like “cash cows” and suggested that the UK should…
Gordon Brown joins metro mayors in call to keep UK in Erasmus exchange scheme
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined calls to keep UK universities in the Erasmus programme after Brexit,…
Labour sets out 7 tests to safeguard universities and students from Covid
Labour has urged the government to “ensure universities and students are safeguarded from the economic impact of this…
Covid-19 is set to deepen the crisis at the heart of our higher education system
From an outside observer, the higher education system in the UK looks like a profitable and well-oiled, money-making…
Lifelong learning will matter more than ever as we look to recover from Covid-19
The past 12 months have been deeply traumatic for all those who look towards the Labour Party. There…
Memo to leadership candidates: scrapping tuition fees is ineffective and unaffordable
The Labour leadership contest has so far proved to be both inward-looking and dull. Major policy debates have…
Solidarity between university staff and students is here to stay
Over the last four weeks, approximately 42,000 university staff across 61 UK universities have been on strike. During…
Come what May, Labour must defend widening participation in higher education
The “radical review” into tuition fees promised by May today will look into overhauling a regressive system she…
WATCH: Angela Rayner says another review won’t solve student loan interest rates problem
Angela Rayner attacked the Tory government’s record on higher and further education on The Andrew Marr Show today. “We’ve…
