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10 Nov 2009 10:52:44
Political parties cannot hide behind the Fees Review – that’s according to University of Bedfordshire Vice Chancellor Professor Les Ebdon CBE.
Professor Ebdon was speaking as chair of the university think-tank million+ following yesterday’s Ministerial Announcement of the terms of reference and the panel members of the long-awaited review of tuition fees in England.
He said: “Political parties cannot hide behind this Fees Review. In particular, the Labour and Conservative Parties need to say where they stand before voters go to the polls next year.
“The parties, the Review Panel and the next Parliament must agree a holistic system which ends the current unfair treatment of part-time students who still have to pay fees upfront.
“When the banks continue to be bailed out, students and graduates will want assurances that they will not be asked to pay more simply to make up for cuts in public funding and that there will be sufficient funded student numbers to ensure that everyone who has the ability, can study at universities which are all well-resourced to undertake teaching and research.”
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