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Nick Clegg was shamed in Parliament yesterday for his tuition fees treachery as thousands of students he sold out prepared to march for free education.
Labour MPs shouted: "Say sorry" as the Deputy Prime Minister struggled to excuse his support for a funding system slammed as unsustainable by experts in a new report.
The independent Higher Education Commission (HEC) said yesterday that £9,000-a-year fees represented the "worst of both worlds" for student and taxpayers.
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