Antony Little, Conservative Parliamentary spokesman for Norwich South, has commented on results from the BBC survey showing that two thirds of university vice-chancellors want to raise tuition fees to a figure between £4,000 and £20,000 per year.Mr Little, who is also Tory group leader at City Hall, said he was worried that higher tuition fees would deter thousands of students in lower income families from going to university during the recession.
Cllr Little said: “It is obvious that an increase to existing tuition fees will completely put off students from going into Higher Education. Hiking tuition fees to the astronomical level of £20,000 during this economically turbulent time will simply price out thousands of students from attending university.
“I completely understand why so many students are furious with this news. If these fees had been set when I started at UEA, I would not have been able to graduate with a degree in History because I came from a modest background. High fees are grossly unfair to students and their families with small incomes.”
Cllr Little added: “The Conservatives are calling for the government to conduct the student finance review now and to make it as comprehensive as possible.”
