Blogs Posts on "Tuition Fees"

University Contact Hours by The Pequod on Nov 10, 2009A.C. Grayling has just written a comment piece in The Guardian complaining that more "contact hours" do not equate to a better education. This is the belief apparently held by Peter Mandelson, who in calling for universities to become more commercial...

International Space University Research Fundings, France by Scholarships on Nov 4, 2009The International Space University is given funding from industry and government agencies to help support Master students who are unable to cover all of their tuition fees. This aid is available to selected applicants, and covers a portion of their f...

UEA International Student Scholarships, University of East Anhila, UK by Scholarships on Oct 30, 2009The University of East Anglia awards over £1,000,000 of scholarships each year to support international students in their studies. The awards are made by individual Schools of Study in the University. All international students (outside the Eur...

An Interview with Nick Clegg by The Third Estate on Oct 28, 2009In an exclusive interview with The Third Estate, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg sets out his vision for change It can’t be easy, being the leader of Britain’s third major political party. Caught between a disintegrating New Labour and a resur...

Peanuts and Monkeys: Why Students Will Not Drive Better Teaching Along with Higher Tuition Fees by The Pequod on Oct 21, 2009In a thinly disguised attempt to prepare the ground ahead of raising the cap on university tuition fees (which seems inevitable no matter whether Labour or the Conservatives win the next general election), the business secretary Peter Mandelson has s...

On Paying More and Getting Less by The Pequod on Oct 2, 2009Now although I regularly talk about my subject or teaching, I do not very often blog about policy at my university. I do not want to end up like Night Jack, the not-so-secret policeman blogger. But having already been made hot under the collar by the...

Improving Your Education Through An Online PhD by Web Design Hosting SEO Search Engine Optimization on Aug 22, 2009A doctorate, or PhD degree, is the highest level of education that you can earn from a college or university. It takes about five years after your masters to earn a doctorate. These days getting a doctorate is easier than before. (...)...

where to get a direct student loan at a decent interest rate? by Consolidating Student Loans Help on May 21, 2009i've used sallie mae…they take forever, they give the money to my school and my school sets a 10k cap for the year in student loans. HOWEVER the cost of tuition + fees are 4k+ without books included…i can't live on 6k a year in a...

Let's Urge Sen. Mar Roxas to Act Quickly On Two (2) Tuition Fee-Related Resolutions Filed by Sen. Manny Villar (Ngayon Na, Now Na!) by Philippines Rising (Taga Monumento) on May 5, 20096 May 2009I just found two (2) tuition-fee related proposed Senate Resolutions filed by Sen. Manny Villar.One of these proposed Resolutions is SRN 921.  One of the things that this proposed Resolution says is that "the aforementioned deregulation po...

A Conversation with DepEd Assistant Secretary Teresita Inciong on My Sad Experience with the DepEd NCR on Tuition Fee Increase by Philippines Rising (Taga Monumento) on Apr 30, 200930 April 2009It's 4:43 in the afternoon and I've just had a telephone conversation with DepEd Assistant Secretary for Programs and Projects, Dr. Teresita Inciong. This concerns my earlier post entitled  An Open Letter on the Nightmare of Tuition Fee...