Dastardly David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities, has announced that ''tuition fees are a burden on the tax-payer''. The cheek! First we get coerced into borrowing thousands of pounds each year to pay the fees and then we get blamed for the state of the economy. An economy, I might add, that is failing the jobless graduate with its catastrophic lack of jobs.
A glance at a yearly bill from the Student Loans Company (if you dare) will reveal that the average monthly interest on the loan is £30. What about the burden on the graduate who 'invested' in a degree only to be saddled with nothing but a financial black hole and a regular stool at the Job Centre? I find Mr Willetts incredibly insulting, especially in the light of recent spending cuts by his government that could result in tuition fees rising to mortgage-style amounts.
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