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University staff are joined by politicians and students as they hold University pensions row rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh as part of their ongoing strike action, March 8, 2018
SADDLING students with even more debt is untenable, the University and College Union (UCU) warned today, after institutions called for higher fees and more public funding.
Universities UK (UUK) said government grants and fees have not kept pace with rising costs, causing budget deficits, and that students and the public should pay more to fund a financial “black hole” in England.
Tuition fees for home students in England have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 and the body representing 141 institutions has put forward proposals for increased fees, which it says are “focused on opportunity, growth and partnership.”
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE