Clause 23 - Condition that may be requried to be imposed by English funding bodies
Higher Education Bill
9:30 am
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge, Labour)
Yes, of course, my hon. Friend is correct. A consultation exercise that I conducted with Cambridge university students showed that the majority were opposed to the move from up-front fees to fees paid after graduation. At present, if students come from reasonably well-off backgrounds, their parents pay the fees. The difference with the Government's proposals is that students would pay the fees after they graduate. Unexpectedly, that was not terribly popular with many Cambridge students.