ATL: Cap raise will drive smaller universities ‘to the wall’

Martin Freedman, head of pay, conditions and pensions at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the government’s decision to raise the cap for tuition fees to £9,000:

“The new levels of tuition fees will, without doubt, put off students from going into the moderate and less well paid graduate professions such as teaching.

“The varying caps on fees will also drive some smaller universities to the wall.”