14 December 2017 What Is The Point Of University? Dissatisfaction increases. by Lynda Goetz Over the last few months student loans and university tuition fees have been in the news, as well as the apparently excessive pay of a number of university vice-chancellors. In a week when the latter subject has once again been the… Continue reading Issue 133: 2017 12 14: What is the point of university? (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 112: 2017 07 06: week in Brief: UK
06 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Government AUSTERITY: The government’s austerity policy has come under renewed pressure with demonstrations against the 1% limit on increases to public sector pay and cuts to the real education budget. The 1% pay cap has been in place since 2013, before which time there was a freeze on… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: week in Brief: UK
Issue 102:2017 04 27:Graduates of the UK unite! (Frank O’Nomics)
27 April 2017 Graduates of the UK unite! Repay student loans by whatever means possible. By Frank O’Nomics Are student loans the latest financial product to be mis-sold? Those who thought they were borrowing cheap money to finance their university education are in for a big shock this September when, for some, the interest rate… Continue reading Issue 102:2017 04 27:Graduates of the UK unite! (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government politics BREXIT TERMS: A cross party group of MPs including Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Nicky Morgan and Anne Soubry is pressing for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit terms. This would be a practical problem for the government who are anxious to… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
