Press Release: Imaginative thinking needed over university access
In response to reports that the Government is planning to introduce ‘no-fee degrees’ for students who live at home, David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, said:
“Young people need much more imaginative thinking from the Government about how they can improve their chances of getting to university as we face a crisis in university applications this summer.
“The no-fee degree idea was worth exploring. So it’s a shame that, within hours of it being leaked, the Government is now denying it.
“Ministers have snuffed out one of the few flickers of intellectual life from this Government. They should be looking at interesting ideas for getting more people to university, not denying them. It is disastrous to block the aspirations of our young people in the middle of a recession.”
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