Why do we pay student tuition fees

Ever since good ol' Tony Blair introduced the new fees and scrapped the maintenance grants, the prospect of going to uni has never been the same… you guys have the extra weight on your shoulders of mounding studying costs… but does it have to be that way?

In Scotland, students dont have to pay tuition fees, as the tuition fees are paid for.

However, now the government is thinking of bring up top up fees, things seem to be going from bad to worse.

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