Classes divide over fees issue
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The size of the task faced by the UK government as it attempted to develop its reforms of student funding has been revealed with the release of research undertaken by Opinion Ladder Research for the Department for Education and Skills in 2001 and 2002. The research, which helped shape the higher education white paper released in January 2003, revealed that there are two key attitudinal groups in the UK when it comes to higher education; the "universalists" - who tend to be from poorer backgrounds, see higher education as a privilege requiring some financial sacrifice and who are most likely to be put off by the perceived cost in loans and fees; and "middle England" - who are generally higher earning people who have been through the higher education system and want to minimise the debt run up by their offspring while at university.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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...as Tories back course cull to finance plans
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Thousands of honours degree places in the United Kingdom could be culled under plans revealed by the Conservative Party which could result in the number of universities being cut as a result of the reallocation of funds for less academic courses. The plans, unveiled by shadow education secretary Damian Green, are integral to the Conservative's higher education policy and are part of its overall "A Fair Deal for Everyone" policy. Under the policy, all student tuition fees would be scrapped, as would the target for 50% participation in higher education and the Office for Fair Access, the government's proposed university access regulator.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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