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Fees protesters
Universities push for higher fees
Universities in England and Wales want to increase fees to between £4,000 and £20,000, according to a survey by BBC News.
Who won the argument?
Did they change their minds?
Fees: 'Radical and progressive'

Did it work? Did it work?
There were photos and promises. Did anything change?
Student protester confronts Tony Blair Change of heart?
The student who challenged Tony Blair on tuition fees
Cash on campus Cash is king
Have tuition fees changed the culture of campus?


VIDEO AND AUDIO
Charles Clarke Charles Clarke: 'Fears not realised'

Protest Archive: Students rally against fees
Liz Kingston Former student: 'I would still protest'

UCL's Professor Malcolm Grant and Dr Julia Prague Debt versus quality of education

PREVIOUS ISSUES:

Truancy arrest Truancy jailing every two weeks
There has been a huge increase in truancy penalties for parents in England, reaching 10,000 prosecutions a year.

Ministers caught in truancy trap
Tackling truancy around the UK
TACKLING TRUANCY

French face paint Anti-truancy drive removed French
The loss of compulsory modern languages in England's secondary schools was driven by truancy crackdowns, says former minister.

Truancy timeline: 1997-2009
Facts and figures on truancy
TUITION FEES
Who won the tuition fees argument?
Charles Clarke: Fees proved right
Tuition fees: How it divided Labour
Student fees around the UK
Tuition fees timeline
Q&A: Student fees
KEY MOMENTS
1998: Tuition fees go-ahead
2001: Blunkett opposes top-up fees
2003: Plans for £3,000 fees unveiled
2003: Huge protests against fees
2004: Labour narrowly wins fee vote
Graphs Fees, debts and applications: Tracking the impact of fees in numbers

HAVE YOUR SAY
The current generation are already hit very hard
Andy, Richmond
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