Lowering the student debt repayment threshold is a betrayal of young people
It has been reported that the government is planning to lower the threshold at which students repay their…
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University unions issue list of demands to fix campus Covid crisis
Groups representing university staff and students have jointly issued a list of demands to the government as part…
7 policies backed by Labour’s new Shadow Education Secretary
The internal Labour elections drew to a close at the start of this month, and when new leader…
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…
Starmer announces he would keep Labour pledge to scrap tuition fees
Keir Starmer has announced that he will maintain Labour’s current commitment to scrap university tuition fees if elected…
The gap between student battles in Scotland and the rest of the UK is growing
Scottish Labour has today announced a new ‘minimum student income’ of around £9,500 per year. Meanwhile, the UK…
Scrap university offers based on predicted grades, says Labour
Ahead of A-Level results day this year, Labour has announced plans to scrap university offers based on predicted…
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…
Gordon Marsden: Let’s use education to inaugurate a new era of social mobility
Higher education, and particularly tuition fees, have not been off the agenda since Theresa May called her general…
I have talked about the progressive alliance in the past but this is why I am taking on the Greens’ single MP tomorrow
I seem to have caused quite a stir locally because I am standing to be the Labour MP…
