A novel form of government coalition calls for novel forms of thinking. Times are hard. Fuelled by over-optimistic beliefs about the value of their homes, we have, as citizens of the United Kingdom, borrowed and spent too much. The UK has to pay its long-postponed dues: the country must find ways to spend less on public services, or raise taxes, or some mixture of these two.
Read more »Andrew Oswald: Why the Government must accept higher fees
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UCL vice-chancellor takes 10pc pay cut
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One of Britain's highest paid vice-chancellors is taking a £30,000 salay cut,
it was announced today, just 24 hours after the government attacked pay for
top academics.
University vice-chancellors' pay 'out of step with reality', says Vince Cable
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Business Secretary says senior academics have little sense of the "realism and
self-sacrifice" needed to make serious savings.
Nurseries close as recession-hit parents struggle to pay rising fees
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Nursery fees have increased at double the rate of inflation although many parents face pay freezes, reduced working hours, and unemployment because of the recession, according to the latest financial research into childcare.
Read more »Cable attacks university boss pay
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Business Secretary Vince Cable has called on university bosses to show restraint over their own pay.
Read more »Leading Article: University bosses should take a pay cut
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The new Business Secretary, Vince Cable, is quite right to single out the pay
of vice-chancellors for attack. There have been extraordinary increases in
vice-chancellors' salaries in the past decade: last year, their pay and
benefits rose by more than 10 per cent.
Changes to student loans system mooted
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Graduates could be made to pay back their loans earlier and at a higher interest rate, the UK's top universities suggest today.
Read more »Student punched lecturer in head after row on night out
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A STUDENT who punched his lecturer on the head was yesterday ordered by a sheriff to pay £200 in compensation.
Read more »Shock at credit card mortgage use
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Housing charity Shelter says it is shocked by the number of people a survey suggests are using credit cards to help pay mortgages.
Read more »Who should pay for top universities?
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Elite universities have warned about spending cuts. But is it up to the state,
or students, to pay?
