Sentences with phrase «tuition fee cap»

Now circumstances have changed, with business secretary Vince Cable and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg insisting they must abandon their pre-election pledge and vote through a near - tripling of the tuition fee cap.

The government victory means plans to raise the tuition fee cap to # 9,000 from September 1st 2012 will now go ahead.

Not exact matches

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In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

The decision by the coalition government to raise the cap on tuition fees to # 9,000 per annum is a step in the right direction, but to be truly competitive in the global economy British higher education needs leaps, not mere steps.

Today's story in the Sunday Mirror that Labour would cap tuition fees at # 6,000, # 3,000 less than the level planned by the coalition, has certainly captured the headlines.

In justifying the raising of the cap on tuition fees to # 9,000, the coalition has made it a cornerstone of their argument that universities which charge more than # 6,000 will have to demonstrate they are increasing access to poorer students.

But, in truth, the coalition would do better to remove the cap on tuition fees altogether.

Students could see their tuition costs soar to over # 16,000 - five times the current rate - if a cap on fees is lifted, according to a study.

Plans to increase the cap on tuition fees from # 3,300 to # 9,000 have dominated politics since the Browne review issued its report - and are being brought to a head by ministers determined to resolve the issue once and for all.

[130][131] In September 2011, Miliband stated that a future Labour Government would immediately cut the cap on tuition fees for university students from # 9,000 per year to # 6,000, though he also stated that he remained committed to a graduate tax in the long - run.

The report found that 49 of England's 130 higher education institutions will face serious financial trouble as a result both of an 80 % cut to teaching budgets and the impact of the government's plans to raise the cap for tuition fees to # 9,000.

After joining the coalition poll ratings for the party fell, [67] particularly following the government's support for raising the cap on tuition fees with Liberal Democrat MPs voting 27 for, 21 against and 8 abstaining.

Anas Sarwar: «During the election campaign, the Deputy Prime Minister said: «We will resist, vote against, campaign against, any lifting of that cap» on tuition fees.

Earlier this month Lib Dem MPs voted to triple the maximum cap on tuition fees.

Both divisions tonight - on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to # 9,000 and on raising the cap on basic tuition fees to # 6,000 - saw identical results: 323 votes in favour and 302 votes against.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

Another choice we've said we'd make differently is on taxation and tuition fees — while under the Conservative - led government banks are benefiting from a 5 per cent cut in corporation tax, — Labour thinks that money would be better used bringing down the cap on tuition fees, to help young people worried about the costs of going to university.

Jeremy Corbyn's party would scrap university tuition fees, end the public sector pay cap, introduce free childcare and invest an extra # 7.7 bn in health and social care.

Business secretary Vince Cable has outlined plans to raise the cap on tuition fees from # 3,290 to # 9,000, in a move that has shocked the party.

Leading universities want the cap on tuition fees to be lifted amid fears that higher education budgets may be slashed this summer.

In November 2010 the new government outlined plans to raise the cap on tuition fees in England from 2012 to # 6000 and up to # 9000 «in exceptional cases».

Labour's much anticipated but yet - to - be confirmed policy to reduce the cap on university tuition fees from # 9,000 to # 6,000 a year will be highly expensive, could leave universities # 10 billion out of...

3 The Lib Dems called for «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees», a cut in the number of government ministers, a four - year, fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

At the moment, tuition fees are capped at # 3,290.

They have faced criticism over David Cameron's negotiations over the EU budget, over confirming they will almost triple the cap on tuition fees to # 9,000 and over the announcement that they will have to implement the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that prisoners should be able to vote.

The University and College Union (UCU) rejected Lord Patten's call to relax the current cap on tuition fees.

Ontario universities are feeling the pinch after years of sustained cuts in provincial operating budgets — cuts that, when combined with the effects of inflation and the existing cap on increases in undergraduate tuition fees, have left the universities with little room to maneuver.

While the government does not provide any direct subsidies to private schools, tuition tax credits capped at $ 1,500 a year are available to offset the costs of private school fees.

They'll use words like «freedom» and «choice» ad nauseam but won't tell audiences that vouchers (capped at $ 4,200 / year or 90 % of total tuition and fees) won't provide many poor families with enough money to pay full tuition and fees.

The maximum opportunity scholarship would be capped at $ 8,500 for students without disabilities and $ 15,000 for students with disabilities, or the actual tuition and fees of the receiving school, whichever is less.

[140] Third, the rate we choose will be used to calculate debt service not on the entire loan, but, in every instance in which the loan amount is «capped» at tuition fees, books, equipment, and supplies, on a lesser amount.

But over the next year prepare to see plenty of debate about whether the NSS and the TEF are adequate teaching improvement tools or whether they constitute innocuous methods for a nation world renowned for its quality of Higher Education to remove the highly contentious cap on tuition fees.

Since 2010, when the decision was made to raise the cap on tuition fees to # 9000 a year, the National Union of Students (NUS) has become increasingly sceptical of the government.