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Tag: tuition fees

MSc student is a granted a tuition fee waiver after a successful GoFundMe campaign

Posted on 1st December 20202nd December 2020 by Eleesha Taylor- Barrett

Liam Knights, an MSc student at the University of Leeds has recieved a tuition fee waiver after launching a successful GoFundMe to raise the funds he needed to graduate this year. The fundraiser circulated in […]

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University students and staff strike against full tuition fees and lack of Covid-19 support

Posted on 28th October 202028th October 2020 by Yasmine Moro Virion

Hundreds of students and staff members are planning to strike in a bid to obtain better living conditions for those living in halls and a reduction in tuition fees.

COVID-19 and student debt: Is the system broken?

Posted on 11th June 202011th June 2020 by Amy Ramswell

Money is a paradox for students. We are the subject of student discount but extortionate tuition fees. Thankfully there are loans to cover them. Like a safety blanket at the bottom of a 9,250-foot drop. […]

Are University Tuition Fees a Fair Price?

Posted on 5th March 201927th March 2019 by Chloe Lovatt

The cost of university tuition fees has consistently been a politically rousing topic. Since fees trebled under the coalition government in 2010, many continue to ask: can you put a price on education? With the […]

Academics Propose £10,000 For Every 18-Year-Old Considering Further Education

Posted on 15th February 201815th February 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

A team of academics from the UCL Institute of Education have proposed that £10,000 be given to every eighteen-year-old considering higher education. In a recently published report, A National Learning Entitlement: Moving Beyond University Tuition […]

Fees Must Fall: Cape Town’s Struggle for Academic Equality

Posted on 26th January 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

From the perspective of a Leeds student on her year abroad at the University of Cape Town, The Gryphon explores the mistreatment of students fighting for free education in South Africa. Exam season in Cape […]

Controversy continues post-October Strikes

Posted on 3rd November 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

From the 11 to the 13 of October, various lecturers went on strike at the University of Leeds to protest the recent developments regarding the basis upon staff may be dismissed from work. To give context, the University and College Union (UCU) aimed to […]

Elite Universities Lobby Others to Bear Brunt of Cuts

Posted on 21st October 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

After discussion within the government regarding university funding, some Russell Group universities have suggested that more modern establishments should drop their fees, as they can afford to be on the receiving end of cuts as […]

Tuition Fees: Where do the Two Main Parties Stand?

Posted on 7th October 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Conservatives Theresa May has pledged to cap tuition fees at the current rate of £9,250 a year, as well as raising the earning threshold for beginning repayments from £21,000 to £25,000 a year. She has […]

May Offers Tentative Olive Branch For Students

Posted on 6th October 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The government has promised to freeze fees at the current rate of £9,250. In an interview on Sunday with Andrew Marr, Theresa May went back on her campaign pledge to increase tuition fees to £9,500,  claiming […]

Leeds University awarded gold rating in teaching excellence framework

Posted on 22nd June 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The University of Leeds has been awarded a gold rating under the government’s new teaching excellence framework (Tef), which aims to assess universities on the quality of the teaching they provide. For a university to […]

Are rising fees making University inaccessible for less advantaged students?

Posted on 30th October 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Students starting their degrees in September 2017 at Leeds and many other Universities around the country will be paying a higher tuition fee of £9,250 per year, and this is set to rise year by […]

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