Tuition Fees
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NUS vote for national demonstration in Autumn
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Student Officer elections postponed until September
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Amnesty International protest against Shell operations
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Book review: Hurricane Lane, Michelle Vinall
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DVD Release: Into The Abyss – Out Now
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Gig Review: Lostprophets, Southampton Guildhall
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Southsea Fest 2012 lineup announced
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Premiership dream ends for hockey girls
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Lecturers strike over pension reforms
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Portsmouth student competes at Olympic Stadium
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Cheerleaders cap successful year with another trophy
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Four things to do in Paris… and they won’t cost you a penny!
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The True Cost of Free Music
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Avengers Assemble: Earth’s mightiest heroes join forces
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Gig Review: Bombay Bicycle Club, Portsmouth Guildhall
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Gig Review: One Night Only, Wedgewood Rooms
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Students abseil down Spinnaker Tower for charity
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PR guru Max Clifford talks to University students
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DIY Fashion Fix: Tie-dye
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Hockey take Club of the Year at AU Awards
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Team Plum sails to home success
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Interview: Of Mice & Men
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How much money do you flunk when you bunk?
Sometimes work just isn’t that appealing. So you put it off for another half an hour and you tidy up your room. A task that simply couldn’t wait. An hour later, you got a bit too involved and you organised…
Government scraps early loan repayment penalty
The coalition government has abandoned plans to penalise students who wish to repay their student loans early. The Lib Dem scheme would have introduced annual charges of about 5% on payments above a certain limit. The idea being that this…
University applications drop by almost 9%
University applications have dropped by almost 9% in the UK following the hike in tuition fees. 8.7% fewer prospective students applied to university according to the admissions service in the first year that university fees have risen to £9,000 a…
Portsmouth students join London higher education demo
On the 9th November, University of Portsmouth students took to the streets of London with thousands of others to make a stand against the privatisation of the higher education system, as fees are set to rise to £9000 for universities across England as of next year.
Portsmouth’s fees remain unchanged as 27 institutions compete for extra student places
More than one fifth of universities in the UK have applied to change their tuition fees for 2012 from what they originally announced, but the University of Portsmouth will not change its fee.
Tens of thousands of university applicants face chaos
The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that tens of thousands of university applicants face chaos as ministers move funding goalposts.
Fees confirmed at £8,500 from 2012
Undergraduates from the UK and EU will be charged £8,500 a year from 2012, at the University of Portsmouth. UK students coming from families that earn less than £25,000 will receive a bursary of £1,000 each year and a fee…
£40m cuts by 2015: Vice-Chancellor’s update in full
I had an interesting discussion with a group of university and college students in University House during the Day of Action on 24 November. They said that they felt that the university could do more to communicate with students about fees and funding issues through websites and through Pugwash. I am very happy to update students as this issue develops in the coming months.
Students tell MPs: ‘come clean on fees’
Students from Portsmouth descended on London last Wednesday, the 11th, to get the government to ‘come clean on fees’. The recently announced review of the fees has angered many students as it brings the possibility of further increasing the already…