£28,000 University fees

IT HAS been revealed that some universities may charge up to £28,000 a year in tuition.

Protests against higher fees,  in London earlier on in the year

This comes in a bid to let English universities charge the same to British applicants as they do to those applying from outside the EU.

The Best universities are thought to be charging up to £12,000 for arts courses, £18,00 for the sciences and £28,000 for those wanting to study medicine.

Louise Frances, 19, a medicine student at St Georges, said: ‘’ I know medicine is a difficult course to get on and is highly academic, but I think by increasing the price by so much its not going to achieve much. More and more people will be dissuaded from uni because of the cost. It’s just going to make education hierarchical and that’s not how it should be. “

Mr. Willets, university minister, said: “There is no question of wealthy students being able to buy a place, access to university must be based on ability to learn not ability to pay.”

Jo Lawlor, a lecturer at Chichester University, said: “When I went to uni I almost didn’t go because of the price and the financial burden on my family. Now I’m working at a university, I see and hear how many people almost didn’t come because of the price as it stands now. If it goes up by this much I can see students choosing to go straight into work instead of carrying on in their education.”