IDS set for clash over top-up fees
Press Review 25 September 2003
Taskforce backs university admissions overhaul
News Article 23 September 2003
Exam results are insufficient to assess how well a student is likely to fare on a degree course, an official university admissions taskforce has argued.
Clarke moves to win over rebels
Press Review 22 September 2003
Ministers attempt to head off fee revolt
Press Review 16 September 2003
Top-up fees are here to stay, warns Johnson
News Article 10 September 2003
The government's policy on tuition fees will not change, the higher education minister has warned.
Hewitt 'wrong' over plumber claim
Press Review 8 September 2003
Barry Sheerman MP - chairman of the education and skills select committee
Interview 18 August 2003
Question: The A Level pass rate has inched nearer to 100 per cent this year - are you concerned that the exams are getting easier?
Clarke rules out £5000 top-up fees
Press Review 29 July 2003
University applications on the up
Press Review 18 July 2003
Student numbers rise despite funding controversy
News Article 18 July 2003
Applications to British universities rose by 2.7 per cent in the last year, despite the continuing row over top-up fees.
Grants thresholds announced
News Article 16 July 2003
The family income thresholds at which students will receive higher education grants have been announced.
Move to boost foundation degrees
News Article 4 July 2003
A new task force to review the creation of foundation degrees has been launched by education minister Alan Johnson.
Tory tuition fees plan 'would benefit the wealthy'
Press Review 26 June 2003
Labour 'would cost graduates more'
News Article 25 June 2003
Labour's plans for higher education would cost graduates more than the system being proposed by the Tories, an independent think tank has said.
Mandy Telford - President of the National Union of Students
Interview 25 June 2003
Question: The Conservatives are proposing to scrap tuition fees by abandoning the government's 50 per cent entry target for entry into higher education. Do you think the two need to
