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Universities have failed to earn the right to charge £3,000 a year in tuition fees, David Willetts, the Shadow Universities Secretary, said yesterday. He told students that if the issue arose now he would probably not vote for higher fees. Full Article at Times Online
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Students would be able to rate their lecturers on a government-sponsored website designed to give university applicants better information about courses if the Conservatives were to form the next government. Full Article at Times Online
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A big government announcement on the review of tuition fees has been postponed amid speculation that the Conservatives’ Higher Education spokesman David Willetts is at odds with the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson over the choice of chairman for the... Full Article at The Independent
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David Willetts, the Tory shadow universities secretary, said vice-chancellors would have to prove the “student experience” would improve before the existing £3,200 cap is lifted. Full Article at The Telegraph
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Universities are badly failing students with unfit teaching and old-fashioned methods and will have to radically modernise lectures and facilities if they want to raise fees, according to the Conservatives' spokesman on higher education. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Some of the posts can be quite unpleasant and intrusive, but my view is that we need more places for this kind of information in a way that is properly monitored.
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There has to be a genuine review of higher education funding without preconceptions, not fixing the results in advance. But we need to know how universities have spent the money from top-up fees and what more can be done to improve the quality of the student experience.
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This is a solemn moment for this House and our country. Nothing can erase the pain for their families. Nothing can be greater than the pride that we take in their contribution to our country, and our sadness at their loss.
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With one in six young people not in work or education or training, it is vital that we prevent a similar crisis next year ... Our plan to give graduates a discount for repaying loans ahead of schedule will give thousands more young people the opportunity to go to university, rather than staying on the d...
– David Willetts SOURCE: The Australian
