Sentences with phrase «graduate contribution»

«I am entirely committed to a progressive system of graduate contributions, the details of which we will be able to confirm shortly,» he wrote in his letter.

This, he said, met his hope for a progressive graduate contribution.

The current graduate contribution currently «acts too much like a poll tax and is not fair» he said.

In terms of the tuition fees system, she argued in favour of a «time - limited graduate contribution» with the money being ring - fenced for higher education.

«Under our proposals no student will have to pay upfront for tuition and both parties in the coalition have worked hard to develop a much fairer and progressive graduate contribution scheme,» the business secretary pointed out.

The abolition of fees remains central to Liberal Democrat education policy and the Social Liberal Forum believes that unless HE is paid for through general taxation, a fairly instituted graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.»

I urge you to meet with Business Secretary Cable and present my concerns to him, and to contact me once you have done so; this will help ensure that government institutes a fair graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, as it is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.

Higher graduate contributions are the «only possible way forward» to make the higher education system fairer and sustainable for the future, the Business Secretary said.

«I don't want to see the quality of universities cut, we don't want to narrow the opportunities for young people to go to university, so therefore the only possible way forward is by having a bigger graduate contribution.

«The most effective and efficient way of protecting the quality of UK higher education would be to allow institutions to exercise discretion over the level of graduate contributions they require, but any move to a fully differentiated market through removing the cap on fees should be incremental,» she said.

Vince Cable, the business secretary, has promoted the idea of a graduate contribution based on post-university earnings - an idea taken up by the new Labour leader Ed Miliband.

«One of the options we are looking at - called the graduate contribution scheme, is that the basis on which graduates make a contribution to the university they've gone to is based on what they subsequently earn rather than the course that they've taken.»

It's true that he had to switch overnight from opposing any graduate contribution to their education to support for unlimited fees, but such contortions are nothing new for the Rt Hon Member and his colleagues.

«The fair solution is to abolish tuition fees and ensure that graduate contributions are based on actual earnings in the real world, rather than sticker prices in prospectuses, which are based on guesswork.»

I accept there is some continuity (some graduate contribution, etc).

He told Radio 4's Today programme: «If you are talking about inconsistency, -LCB- George] Osborne, Cameron, [Vincent] Cable all voted against any graduate contribution whatsoever.

The SLF therefore calls on all its supporters to write to their MP, expressing their concern over Lord Browne's recommendations and reaffirming our belief that unless HE is to be funded through general taxation, any graduate contribution must be fairly instituted without saddling students — particularly those least able to afford it — with more debt.

This is what needs fighting, not the mechanism of graduate contribution, ie graduate tax versus Browne.

Using differential interest rates rising with earnings as a means of providing for a more progressive system is less fair than a graduate tax, a graduate contribution or general taxation because those from wealthy backgrounds will have smaller debts as their families can afford to pay up front.

The Social Liberal Forum now calls upon Dr. Cable, and all Liberal Democrat MPs, to continue to press for a system that ensures the abolition of student tuition fees, the reduction of student debt and their replacement with a graduate contribution, varying progressively with income and set at levels which do not deter students from taking less well paid, but socially beneficial, post-graduate employment.

Using differential interest rates rising with earnings is less progressive and less fair than a graduate tax, a graduate contribution or general taxation because those from wealthy backgrounds will have smaller debts if their families can afford to pay up front or soon after graduation.

I therefore request that you press for a system that ensures the abolition of student tuition fees, the reduction of student debt and their replacement with a graduate contribution, varying progressively with income and set at levels which do not deter students from taking less well paid, but socially beneficial, post-graduate employment.

«I did sign the pledge, I accept that and I put my hand up to the fact that the reality of the situation is that there is no alternative but to increase the level of graduate contribution.»

«Any graduate contributions to universities should be determined by earnings in the real world after graduation, not fixed prices based on unreliable and misleading guesswork about average salaries.»

«I am doing everything I can to ensure that graduate contributions are linked to earnings.

He said: «We do believe it is essential that if the graduate contribution is to rise, it should be linked to graduates» ability to pay.»

He added: «It's a logical consequence of what we've said that yes, if there's less Government money, then the private contribution, through the graduate contribution, is going to be bigger obviously.»