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As parliament votes on higher tuition fees thousands of students are marching in London and Edinburgh. Follow the latest here. Send us your news:@johnnypaige johnny.paige.casual@guardian.co.ukFollow...
View ArticleTuition fees: Should Lib Dems rebel? | Michael White
If an MP such as Tim Farron thinks the fees policy is progressive, should he vote against just because he once signed a pledge promising to do so?Yes, I was right. In all the swirling drama of student...
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Leicestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership is using a vintage platform game parody to convey its 'use a condom' message.Parties, alcohol and a whole lot of lowered inhibitions – it's little wonder...
View ArticleCribsheet 09.12.10: Tuition fees protest and vote
Everything you need to know about the tuition fees voteToday's the day. As we speak, students are lining up on the streets, and MPs are preparing to vote on government plans to raise tuition fees to up...
View ArticleTuition fees and why as a Liberal Democrat I would vote against them | Evan...
A former Liberal Democrat MP explores the coalition's tuition fee policy and explains why – despite its merits – he would have voted against itIf I were still a Liberal Democrat MP I would vote against...
View ArticleVideo: Student fees protest: Unfurling a banner at Westminster Bridge
Students from Birmingham University head to London's Westminster Bridge - overlooking the Houses of Parliament - to display their anti-cuts bannerRichard Sprenger
View ArticleQ&A: University tuition fees
What will universities charge, and what are MPs voting on today? We answer your questions on university fundingWhat were MPs voting on yesterday?Plansto almost treble fees from £3,290 a year to a...
View ArticleVideo: Tuition fees debated by MPs ahead of vote
As the House of Commons debates government plans to raise tuition fees, Labour MP John Denham and Lib Dem rebel Greg Mulholland urge colleagues to vote against tonight
View ArticleVideo: Tuition fees: NUS optimistic as MPs vote
National Union of Students president Aaron Porter believes the fee increase can still be stopped, while Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster hints he may vote in favour of the package
View ArticleStudent fees protests: Protester in wheelchair confronts police
A bystander captures the moment a protester in a wheelchair confronts police outside the Houses of Parliament during today's demonstration by students against plans to increase tuition fees
View ArticleLib Dem parliamentary aide quits over tuition fees as MPs prepare to vote
Mike Crockart quits as private parliamentary secretary to the Scottish secretary, saying he cannot vote for a system that 'puts barriers in the path of able students'Nick Clegg was hit by a resignation...
View ArticleFigures show poorest boys in England still let down by school system
Just over half of 11-year-old-boys from poorest homes reach expected standard in maths and EnglishJessica ShepherdEducation correspondentJust over half of 11-year-old boys from the poorest homes in...
View ArticleJohn Fairley obituary
My friend John Fairley, who has died aged 57 after an aneurysm, held professorships at three Scottish universities. He was a highly regarded teacher, thinker and writer on social and economic policy in...
View ArticleStudent fees protest: Chaos outside parliament
Police flee, arrests, a riderless horse and missiles fly at officers as students demonstrate around Parliament Square in London against the rise in tuition fees
View ArticleVideo: Student protesters plead with police to send medic to injured woman
Witness filmed man negotiating with officers in attempt to help Tahmeena Bax, who claims she was beaten unconscious
View ArticleLib Dem MP John Leech's speech opposing tuition fee plans
Speech by Liberal Democrat who planned to vote against coalition plans to triple university tuition fees"I take no pleasure in voting against the plans put forward by [Vince Cable]. In many ways I...
View ArticleTory MP Nick Boles's speech in favour of raising tuition fees
Speech supporting coalition move to triple university tuition fees ahead of vote in which motion was passed with majority of 21"There are several countries in the world that operate their university...
View ArticleMPs vote to increase tuition fees cap to £9,000
Motion on student funding passes narrowly with majority of 21, with six Tories and 21 Lib Dems rebelling
View ArticleTuition fees: which MPs rebelled and which backed the government?
Who voted for the coalition government's plan, who voted against and who abstained?Lib Dem MPs who voted against the plansAnnette Brooke (Dorset Mid & Poole North), Sir Menzies Campbell (Fife North...
View ArticleTuition fees: all the votes all the MPs
Parliament voted on the future of tuition fees: one vote for an upper limit of £9,000 a year and a second vote for fees at least £6,000 a year. Get all the votes by MPs as they are published• Get the...
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