David Willetts MP, Universities Minister, said the following in November 2010:
"Our proposals are progressive, because they help to encourage people from poorer backgrounds to go to university..."
Yet we read today in The Times (pay wall)that:
"Tens of thousands of young people are expected to abandon plans to go to university, put off by higher fees and an ailing, graduate job market. Vice-Chancallors are preparing for a collapse in the number of applications next year."
I am sure I am not alone in thinking that it was entirely predictable that young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, would be deterred from going to university by £9,000 fees.
We must remind the Government at all opportunities that their policies are making Britain less meritocratic. Going to university, for those who are suitably qualified, should be a right, not a privilege.
"Our proposals are progressive, because they help to encourage people from poorer backgrounds to go to university..."
Yet we read today in The Times (pay wall)that:
"Tens of thousands of young people are expected to abandon plans to go to university, put off by higher fees and an ailing, graduate job market. Vice-Chancallors are preparing for a collapse in the number of applications next year."
I am sure I am not alone in thinking that it was entirely predictable that young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, would be deterred from going to university by £9,000 fees.
We must remind the Government at all opportunities that their policies are making Britain less meritocratic. Going to university, for those who are suitably qualified, should be a right, not a privilege.
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