Call for students to pay higher tuition fees

STUDENTS should be made to pay more for higher education according to a group of the country's top universities, including Leeds and Sheffield, which have called for an increase in tuition fees.

The Russell Group's latest submission to a review on higher education funding claims universities should be allowed to charge different amounts for different courses.

It follows evidence given to the Browne review, which the group published last week, calling for students to pay back loans at a higher interest rate and with more frequent payments.

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However a leading Leeds University Union official has said students are "shocked and appalled" by the latest suggestion.

Mike Gladstone, the union's education officer, said: "I join with students studying across the Russell Group of research intensive-universities in opposition to these proposals.

"The Russell Group has failed miserably to put forward any case which suggests that a rise in fees would benefit access to or the quality of education. In fact, the suggestions jeopardise fair access to higher education".

The University and College Union warned that raising the cap on tuition fees would be "the most regressive piece of education policy since the war".

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