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Tory promises to cut tuition fees without a funding increase ‘are a con,’ anti-cuts campaigners warn
Students during a protest calling for the abolition of tuition fees and an end to student debt on Whitehall, London
GOVERNMENT promises of reducing tuition fees without increasing public funding “is a con,” anti-cuts campaigners said today after university chiefs claimed that tuition fee cuts hit poor students.
Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, argued that cutting tuition fees from the current £9,250 a year to £6,500 would hit disadvantaged students hardest.
The warning followed a government commission examining higher education funding in England that is reportedly considering decreasing fees.
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