| Leading article: Set them all free to fix their own fees and other stories |
| 27/06/2007 |
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We should not be surprised by the suggestion yesterday from Lord Dearing, the architect of the Government's controversial policy on tuition fees, that many UK universities will want to raise the amount they charge students even further. The £3,000 per annum cap was a political compromise by the Government to get the measures through Parliament. It bore little relation to the true cost of a typical student's education. And the universities were always going to press hard to be permitted to charge more. And so they should. Read the full story that appeared in the Independent. HSBC to hit graduates with 10 per cent on debts Tens of thousands of new graduates will be hit by overdraft interest payments after HSBC announced plans to become the first high street bank to scrap free borrowing for university leavers. Read the full story that appeared in the Times. Tuition fees fail to put off applications Applications to university have not dropped as a result of higher tuition fees, according to a new analysis of variable fees from Universities UK published today. Read the full story and report. The Blogs on this site represent the individual views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the National Union of Students. All links in blogs will open in a new browser window. The permanent URL for this specific blog entry is: http://www.officeronline.co.uk/blogs/admissionimpossible/274448.aspx |
