Angela Rayner is wrong on tuition fees
Angela Rayner claimed tuition fees were £1,000 under Labour and that Labour didn’t triple them. Labour tripled tuition fees from £1,000 to £3,000 in 2006. Read
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Fact checks on universities, tuition fees and student debt
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Black and ethnic minority students at the University of Oxford
White applicants to Oxford University from the UK are twice as likely to be accepted as black applicants. Overall, 18% of undergraduates from the UK who took up their place at Oxford in 2017 were BME. Read
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Higher education: a white, middle-class affair?
4% of UK students who began their first UK university degree in 2016/17 were white, but white students are the least likely ethnic group to enter higher education. Read
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Where do UK applicants to Oxford University come from?
Oxford University students are most likely to be from Greater London. Read
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Student ‘debts’ aren’t really debts
Politicians were accused of misrepresenting students’ finance options - so how does it work? Read
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Tuition fees and access to higher education
How have rising tuition fees affected the number of people going to university, and has it put off those from disadvantaged backgrounds? Read
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About 17% of students are forecast to fully pay back their loans
Most students won’t back their loans in full. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that around 83% of graduates will see at least part of their debt written off. Read
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Spending for adult skills fell by 40% between 2010 and 2015
This funding pays for “further education” such as classroom and workplace learning for people aged 19 and over. Read
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Social mobility and universities
We looked at the proportion of private school pupils going to Oxford and getting top jobs and the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university. Read
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Has the number of people starting apprenticeships fallen?
Yes. Apprenticeship starts in May to July this year were 59% lower than in the same period last year. Read
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