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Student Debt
06.04.06
Edward
Davey, Liberal
Democrat MP for Kingston
and Surbiton, spoke out against unfair university fees at a student
rally on
March 1st.
The
NUS lobbied
Parliament to keep the cap on top-up fees. If the £3,000 cap is
scrapped in the
2008 funding review, the NUS believe that spiraling fees will deter
poorer
students from going to university.
Edward Davey MP said,
“Ministers’
complacency about the impact of tuition and top-up fees must be
alarming for
students, future students and their parents.
“The truth
is that getting saddled with thousands of pounds worth of debt won’t
just
discourage people from going to university but will change their choice
of
career, when they get married and when they can afford to buy a house.
These
are very serious issues and the idea that the Government is keen to
lift the
cap on fees without addressing them is extremely worrying.
“I also
met with a representative from Kingston University
and we both
agreed that deciding to study for a degree should be based on someone's
academic ability, not his or her capacity to manage debt.
“I will
continue to lead the Liberal Democrat fight against top-up fees in
Parliament
and wherever I can.”
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