University tuition fees in England will rise to £9,250 per year from 2017 and the increase could apply to students who have already started courses.
Universities minister Jo Johnson has published a statement setting out plans to link higher fees to better teaching.
The fees will increase by inflation in subsequent years.
The Liberal Democrats say they will force a vote by MPs in the autumn in a bid to stop raising the current £9,000 limit.
Labour’s education spokesman Gordon Marsden said that “nothing less than a full debate” on raising fees would be acceptable and that ministers had so far “neither the guts nor the courtesy” to have an open debate on their intentions to raise fees.
Mr Marsden accused ministers of a “disgraceful” attempt to “sneak out” the increase on the last day before Parliament’s summer break.
The National Union of Students and the UCU lecturers’ union have announced a protest demonstration in November.
The inflation-linked rise represents a 2.8% increase and if that continued would mean fees rising above £10,000 in the next few years.
[Source:- BBC]
