A campaign set up by the UK Youth Parliament to abolish tuition fees has reached a new level this week, as protestors have sent over 9,000 anti tuition-fee pound coins into circulation in the House of Commons at Westminster.
The coins bear stickers stating ‘Free For All’ in a bid to emphasise concerns about the mounting financial pressure experienced by undergraduate students as a consequence of tuition fees, which may now be as high as £3,145 per academic year.
James Greenhalgh, MYP and national campaigns coordinator has warned that going to university has become a game of ‘Russian roulette’, in which the financial situations of thousands of students could be at risk of significant debt.
However, while the National Union of Students is keen to transform the administration of tuition fees, the organisation has agreed that it does seem reasonable for graduates to contribute something towards their education.
The UK Youth Parliament disagrees. Greenhalgh states: “Education should be free for all young people and we will not stop until the injustices this flawed tuition fee system has created are brought to an end.”
