Image: Chris McAndrew [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Party set to scrap fees and bring in post-qualifications admission system on election win
Labour has pledged to end the “failed free-market experiment” in universities by scrapping tuition fees and transforming the Office for Students’ role if it wins power on 12 December.
Labour unveiled its manifesto on 21 November, outlining its well-publicised plan to remove fees and bring back maintenance grants for students, costed at £7.2 billion per year. It said it would “end the failed free-market experiment in higher education” that saw tuition fees treble to £9,000 in 2012, and would instead develop a new funding formula for universities.
This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link
Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.