Backlash as Education Secretary announces University tuition fee hike in England

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that tuition fees and maintenance loans will see a 3.1% increase for the academic year 2025/26, with assurances that more comprehensive funding plans for higher education will be revealed in time.
56% : In her address to MPs, Ms Phillipson said: "We will fix the foundations, we will secure the future of higher education so that students can benefit from a world-class education for generations to come.
44% : Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed MPs this Monday, stating that the fee hike was "not been an easy decision" but emphasising its necessity to "secure the future of higher education" in light of current financial pressures.
43% : Alex Stanley, NUS vice president for higher education, commented: "This is, and can only ever be, a sticking plaster."He added, "Universities cannot continue to be funded by an ever-increasing burden of debt on students.

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