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New research reveals that poorer students are less likely to leave home for university – and that has serious impacts on their experience.
As a minister in the coalition government, Willetts introduced £9,000 tuition fees. In an interview as he publishes a new book, he says the system is well-designed and fair.
Not-so-fun fact: more than half of 18- to 34-year-olds are in debt, owing over £8,000 each on average.
It's time South Africa stopped stereotyping its young people as being disinterested and morally bankrupt and started engaging them.
More than half of American families aren't able to save a dime to cover the cost of college, and the 529 college savings plan has done almost nothing to change that.
The government should add a 'super payment option' that allows graduates to offset the cost of their HELP repayments.
Education experts discuss changes to schools and universities following the federal treasurer's budget speech.
Hidden in the detail of the latest higher education reform package, there are talks of creating teaching-only universities.
After almost a decade of failed processes to reform the current funding system, the government must produce a revised system that improves the quality of outcomes for students in all courses.
Students currently pay higher fees for courses that lead to jobs with typically higher wages. But not all students find, or want, a job in their area of study. Should all students then pay the same amount for their university degree?
Here's why some English universities are raising their tuition fees again.
The huge problem of youth unemployment in South Africa appears to be getting worse. New research will hopefully amplify their voices and inform more realistic interventions to combat the monster.
What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.
Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year's election.
In the May Budget, the government may look for ways to shift the costs of higher education from the taxpayer to the student.
As South Africa's students call for free university tuition, it's worth asking whether higher education would be free in a truly just society.
Students and academics are fed up with the situation at South Africa's universities. One way to improve conditions is for universities to be run as institutions of learning – not big businesses.
What does it really mean to be "ready" for university? Research involving more than 3000 high school learners and first year university students have tried to answer this complex question.
New research shows the risk that students' won't complete their course goes down if they have to pay more for it.
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