Tuition Fees

Theresa May has announced that tuition fees will stay at £9,250 for 2018/19, a change from the previously proposed plan to increase the maximum to £9,500. There was also a proposal announced to increase the repayment thresholds from £21,000 to £25,000 a year, which will be introduced in April...

The issue of tuition fees is a controversial topic that is dominating current politics. Labour’s promise to abolish fees has rallied much of the typically apathetic youth around Jeremy Corbyn, whereas current government policy receives great criticism within the student community. Corbyn’s stance on tuition fees in part explains...

In the lead-up to the General Election 2017, Impact Magazine sat down with representatives from the four political societies at the University of Nottingham: The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens. From the Nottingham University Conservatives, we spoke to Sam Hamilton. The Conservatives were a part of the coalition...

In the lead-up to the General Election 2017, Impact Magazine sat down with representatives from the four political societies at the University of Nottingham: The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens. From the Labour Society, we spoke to Jacob Collier. Why do you think scrapping tuition fees is...

In the lead-up to the General Election 2017, Impact Magazine sat down with representatives from the four political societies at the University of Nottingham: The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens. From the Liberal Democrats, we spoke to Sammy Barry. The Liberal Democrats were a part of the...

The National Union of Students took part in a march in central London on Saturday 19th of November in protest against the proposed Education Bill, demanding for quality education with limited costs. According to The Guardian, students and lecturers are upset over the government’s plans for an “ideologically led market...

Earlier this month, following the Higher Education and Research Bill, the University of Nottingham (UoN) confirmed it will be raising its tuition fees to £9250 in the 2017/18 academic year, in line with the new Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The government will use feedback from the National Student Survey...