Students ‘are a burden on taxpayers’, new universities minister believes

“In his clearest signal yet that students will likely be hit with higher tuition fees, David Willetts warned higher education spending had to be seriously ‘tackled’. Mr Willetts, the Universities Minister, last night warned that students should consider university fees ‘more as an obligation to pay higher income tax’ than a debt …” (more)

[Andrew Hough, Daily Telegraph, 10 June]

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