NUS left forces a U-turn on grants

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Delegates at the annual National Union of Students (NUS) conference in Blackpool, England, have forced the national executive to abandon a seven-year-old policy of supporting only means-tested grants aimed at the poorest students and loans, returning the union to its historic support for universal grants paid for through progressive taxation. The delegates passed a socialist-sponsored amendment to the executive's funding policy motion stating that the NUS will campaign for universal, non-means-tested maintenance grants to be available for every student, funded through a system of progressive taxation.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, National Union of Students, Educational aspects

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We'll halt expansion if we win, say Tories

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The Conservative Party has stated that it will abandon the current Government's target of 50% participation in higher education if it wins the next general election, as well as abolishing all university tuition fees. Chris Grayling, the Conservative's shadow higher education minister, also stated that the party would announce more plans for attracting funding to the higher education sector.

Strategy & planning, Government domestic functions, Education Programs, Planning, Education and state, Education policy, Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Education, Higher, Higher education, Higher education and state, Company business planning

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V-cs fear reform of teaching grants favours old over new

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Vice-chancellors are expressing concern over proposals to reform the allocation of GBP 4 billion per year in teaching grants to English institutions. Some claim the changes are being introduced as part of a hidden agenda.

Financial management, Economic aspects, Company financing

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