| PM Refuses to Rule Out Student Fees Hike |
| 01/03/2007 |
| At his monthly press conference in Downing Street on Tuesday, the prime minister was asked whether the recent increase in applications to higher education institutions meant it was now safe to lift the cap. The government pledged not to increase the maximum charge to undergraduates in the current parliament when introducing variable "top-up" fees in 2004. But vice-chancellors are already pushing for the cap to be lifted in order to compete with international counterparts, a position Blair is thought to have sympathy with. 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.org.uk/blogs/admissionimpossible/273978.aspx |
