Lord Browne review

As students face paying up to £9,000 a year for their undergraduate degrees, the Government sets out plans it hopes will ensure they get their money’s worth from university.

Will more students from lower-income backgrounds be able to attend top universities under the new funding plans, despite maximum fees of £9,000? Channel 4 News checks it out.

Despite promises from the Government that English universities would charge the maximum tuition fee of £9,000 from 2012 only in “exceptional circumstances”, the opposite now appears to be the case.

The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, says young people are the victims of the Coalition Government’s deficit-cutting plan. Faisal Islam investigates.

As the Government wins a vote to treble university tuition fees, violence flares across Whitehall. Alex Thomson says that nine police officers and scores of protesters are hurt.

Police officers have been injured and protesters arrested during demonstrations against tuition fees. MPs have voted to increase the cap on student fees to £9,000 in England.

The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says that all his party’s Ministers will support plans to raise university tuition fees following a meeting of MPs at Westminster.

Hundreds of student protesters have clashed with police during a rally against higher tuition fees in London. They broke into Conservative HQ, smashing windows and wrecking a lobby.

Universities Minister David Willetts answers a plea from our Young Blogger of the Year, setting out the government’s case in the debate over student fees.

Simon Hughes, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, signals cracks in the coalition as he tells Channel 4 News housing benefit cuts will not get through parliament.

The Conservative party is quietly redefining home ownership, writes Gaby Hinsliff, in a way which could help first time buyers but hit those relying on rising house prices to fund their lifestyles.

Social Affairs correspondent Victoria Macdonald describes how universities are reacting to the Browne review into higher education.

Lord Browne’s report applies only to universities in England. So what’s the situation elsewhere in the UK? Channel 4 News investigates the system in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.