On Tuesday 30th November, the House Of Commons had an Opposition Day debate on the tuition fees, with Labour tabling a motion requesting the Government to publish a white paper on its proposals and details of how it will affect the poorer students, which was voted down by 307 votes to 244. This is seen [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cuts’
Tuition Fees, Cuts, Cuts, More Cuts – Why Major Political Reform Is Needed
Posted: December 1, 2010 in PoliticsTags: Cable, Cameron, Clegg, Conservatives, cuts, england, Labour, lib dems, Miliband, tuition fees, university
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Tuition Fees – Why The Coalition Government Has Got It Badly Wrong
Posted: November 3, 2010 in PoliticsTags: budget, coalition, cuts, lib dems, tories, universities
On Wednesday 3rd November the Coalition’s plans for university tuition fees were announced. From 2012 universities will be forced to rely on fees for course funding as opposed to state support, with a two-tier cap system being brought in. The cap will be set at £6000, with a second cap of £9000 for those universities [...]
BBC Plans To Axe 6Music In Its Spring Cleaning Efforts
Posted: February 26, 2010 in Entertainment, PoliticsTags: 6 music, 6music, BBC, cuts, licence fee, music, radio, television, TV
Whilst the BBC are yet to confirm or deny this, it is pretty safe to say it is planned given that the BBC have, instead of saying yes or no, kept completely silent. Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, is set to make swingeing cuts to budgets at all levels as the Corporation look [...]
