No, but they should be reduced

Many people could not afford the reduced fee which would send the people further into debt and make the rich richer.

Education shoud be free for everyone. Students from poorer backgrounds shouldnt be burdened with having to pay back thousands of pounds for their education. Higher education should nof be run as a business. Everyone has the right to a good education, not just the elite in society.

Education should be equal for everyone since its such an important thing and so many people cant go on to do things that they want/ could do just because they dont have enough money.

If these tuition fees were once free, why not keep them that way? A reduction won't do much good in helping people with less money from making an improvement in life through education, they will still be kept poor and will never be able to improve their lifestyle

They should be scrapped, young people have it hard enough without 30k of debt hanging over them before they even start their adult lives

I understand that to go through higher education would require you to pay for your own course however people aged between 18-24 are not fully financially stable and that causes problems for those who want to further contribute to the economy as they may not be able to afford the higher education that is required to contribute more beneficially.

Tuition Fees in this world today is 10x more than what would’ve been charged 20 years ago. Tuition fees today are £9,250. When you compare that with 18-24 year olds who are straight A students, who can’t get a job with no experience, have no life savings, maybe grown up in poverty, to someone who failed school, gets jobs handed to them by family or friends, etc. That isn’t equal. Reduced in this governments eye is reduced to £9000. That is over half of what my mother makes in a year. You look at the government today what do you see? A bunch of rich, entitled, and spoiled people who can’t understand what poor means today and they want to talk about equality and reducing fees? Tuition fees should be abolished. Young people have enough to worry about without the government giving them another reason.

Education should be free for everyone and not the few. We are not victorians. God knows we pay enough in taxes!

Education is a core right all people should have, reducing the fees still cuts off certain people from allowing them to access university eduction and gain higher qualifications which in turn will allow the to get higher paying jobs. It is important that university education should be free.

It is my belief that opportunities should be equal so that those who work hard in society reach their potential, meritocracy, level playing ground.

In the time of university is hard to be full time at work and student as well and like this you don’t have all the money to pay your tuition and support the family or your self .

The main purpose of education is that we want to shape the futures of our generation. I believe by having uk university tution fees this initally deters people from the idea of uni which reduces the number of applicants fr uni.As a result essential jobs such as the medical industry, the legal industry, and much more is essential to our society and how we survive. By havong tution fees so high and not adapting tonew ways peple can reach their jobs the univeristy system will collapse. By reducing tution fees i believe it not only encouranges more people to go to uni it will help further develop the education system and help shape the future.

In many other countries there are no tuition fees; such as France. Tuition fees contribute to an unequal society. Education is a right not a privilege.

Higher education should not be so heavily limited due to families financial stability, as it only leads to a cycle of being unable to purse higher paying jobs that keep them in that financial struggle.

Abolish all fees as my university degree had false promises and I am working in a totaly different sector.

House Prices and Rents have risen faster than the rate of inflation. Even with a reduced tuition fee, many will still find this unaffordable.

It is valid, however tuition fees can cause bright individuals to deter from studying and we miss out on potential

Young people are being put off getting huge education because of how expensive university costs and all the teachers strike anyways so what are we paying for?

Reduced tuition fees would be a reasonable argument were it not for the fact that the underprivileged citizens of the country can be driven into debt that they can never escape and can have their credit rating destroyed by the fact that they have to pay back student loans that they cant afford just to get a degree in hopes of a decent job.

They should be abolished so everyone can go to their first choice university, without having to worry about living costs

Education is a human right and the commodification of such basic human rights are a detriment to society. Further more by barring poorer people from education we reduce social mobility.

Equal opportunities should be given to all who want to study regardless of their wealth. Too many young people aren’t able to study despite their talents and academic achievements simply because they cannot afford to pay for university fees and meet other living costs at the same time.

no point in reducing it, debt will already accumulate. we should pay people who want to educate themselves and as knowledge is power

most people can't even afford university and becomes a massive weight on families with debt and affordability

Everyone has a right to education and students should focus more on renting and bills for dorms to live in so yes

Reduced tuition fees would be a reasonable argument were it not for the fact that the underprivileged citizens of the country can be driven into debt that they can never escape and can have their credit rating destroyed by the fact that they have to pay back student loans that they cant afford just to get a degree in hopes of a decent job

This makes us less competitive with Europe which is investing in its higher education through no tuition fees and makes it accessible to all

I think a reduction should help, but I think that people doing degrees are going to use that skill in the community which is a benefit.. being charged to gain knowledge is wrong.

The university process costs the public more, as students cannot afford the fees, meaning they have to borrow more, which costs the tax payer more. It also makes a standard of education exclusive to those with the financial means to survive supporting their living on a maximum minimum wage job.

Tuition fees don't support anyone who is studying, they discourage many from studying in the first place.

everyone has the right to an education and shouldn't be at an disadvantage for work just because they cannot afford to get a degree

Everyone has the right to an education, and there shouldn’t be financial barriers between someone and their education

They should be made free as to provide equal opportunities for all of the future generations and also give Britain the best workforce regardless of their backgrounds.

people would go to university and take advantage of the cheaper fees and not treat it as a privilege

Surely, the next generation should have no economic boundary towards them achieving the best possible education to get them the best possible job

Many might not be able to afford it as although getting a degree is important it’s causes many people to go into debt

Our future as a nation depends on the most talented having access to top-class education. Talent & intelligent are not exclusive to the rich

In which case, those fees should be used for the betterment and upkeep of facilities at universities and go into increasing staff pay. The fees too often end up lining the pockets of chancellors while professor and tutor pay ends up frozen for several years.

The only barriers and checkpoints to further education should be academic. Students should not be excluded based on external factors of their birth such as household income. A 'wide net' correlates to a higher likelihood of those with suitable traits going on to take up careers which will, in one way or another, contribute to the country after they have graduated.

All education should be free to enable a more educated and diverse workforce that in turn will lead to better employment and economic growth

Education is a right, charging for it is abhorrent, it opens the door to charging for secondary or even primary education

Reduction in tuition fees will not help families who are not able to afford necessities such as food. No tuition fees is the only way to ensure that the university system is open to those in poverty and disadvantage.

To charge people to gain a higher level of education will only reduce the amount of people going to Universities and will reduce the general intellectual level of the population

If fees are reduced, will there still be a discrepancy based on your birthplace within the UK, how will the difference in price for the same course at the same university for a Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and English citizens be equalised or addressed?

People cannot afford education or the repayment even on higher wage. Their education is providing higher economic value to the country

A degree in any higher educated or technical job is required, even if it's a low paying job or a junior position in something as simple as web-development.

Yes, some people can’t afford university so having high fees prevents people from getting the education they deserve.

Tuition fees make it difficult for young people to access university, regardless of whether the price is in the range of £9250, as it is currently, or anywhere lower. Young people stress about the idea of student finance and paying back tons of loans before they’ve even stepped into their lives, and so are more hesitant to attend university. Statistics could most likely prove this, and could also potentially show that young people who don’t go to university are less likely to achieve high paid jobs; and those who do attend university are less likely to aim for high paying jobs, in fear of becoming entrapped in paying back a ton of loans from their time in university.

By how much? Every young person should have the right to higher education without feeling the weight of dept in their future.

I disagree. Scotland manage no fee, having fees discriminates working class from going to university, keeping a divided society, I am a single parent and this is massively important for my children's future, they consider what the parent earns and yet thos has nothing to do with how they can help the child with fees because most can't

High tuition fees promote elitism and bar people from poorer backgrounds from improving job prospects.However,perhaps some form of “fee” should still be maintained to ensure that students don’t see a degree as a means of delaying working.

Money is still required in order to supply students with necessary facilities, excursions and equipment, however the current 9750 minimum is never used by the students and is just absorbed into the institution, with students very rarely seeing any benefit

It is important to encourage our young people to further themselves without the fear of finances. They are the future of our country and fear of debt should not be a factor in deciding their future

Education should be a right for all who seek it and shouldn't be denied to those who cannot pay, especially if they have the ability.

Many people could not afford the reduced fee which would send the people further into debt and make the rich richer.

Abolishing tuition fees will make more people want to go to University and will be able to be more successful later in life and boost the economy

If tuition fees were abolished then there would be no cost difference between say an apprenticeship or a degree. Therefore more people would be incentivised towards any career path they chose. In addition making degrees less A Level specific for entry would enable more high calibre students in more fields which would lead to an overall better educated society, which in turn leads to high skillsets, higher salaries, better output and overall a boost to the economy. Stop short term gains at the loss of long term benefits!

Educating people to improve the state of our country and humanity should be not prioritize but a basic in regular human life where wealth and the economic state does not interfere.

everyone should have the right to further education no matter of wealth. We should decrease the tuition fees to allow more people who are going to give back to the economy the chance for education.

Reducing tuition fees doesn’t solve the problem of individuals not being able to afford this. We have the money to allow people to study for free. Education should be a right.

Education should be free at the point of entry to all. They already do it in Scotland, and educating the people is nothing but a benefit.

Education should be free for everyone who has the ability to pursue it. This develops and upskills our next generation of workforce. The critical thinking learned at university is an important life skill too.

I don’t have one. Education should be free for everyone, why have select knowledge only available for those who can afford it.
Dumbass idea.

The whole university funding system is broken and needs reform. The marketization of higher education is having terribly detrimental consequences.

The majority of my generation will likely have their student debt for the rest of their lives for a degree they are not using. Because of this the majority of people younger than me I have spoken to have little to no incentive to go to university as is.
I agree that lowering them is a step forward but I believe abolishing them altogether is the ideal solution

many people cant afford the fees, which in turn denies an intelligent individual the relevant education to make there life better

Some People cannot afford these tuition fees and they put people into crippling debt which they cant off till their 40

They should be abolished, make university easier for some families. The cost of university reinforces a class system, when one of our British values is equality. Not everyone has an equal chance and this prevents it

Students who study and gain high qualifications will contribute to society. They would have a better start in life if they did not have to worry about paying back high fees even when they earn higher wages.

If these tuition fees were once free, why not keep them that way? A reduction won't do much good in helping people with less money from making an improvement in life through education, they will still be kept poor and will never be able to improve their lifestyle

So many students have potential to become something great like Dr's and midwifes but the cost of university is so high we don't want to be in debt for ever by going to university for a higher education, therefore if university fees were reduced or free there would be more essential workers willing to go through higher education to help society more.

Even when reduced there would still be a large population of people with too little money to afford the fee preventing future inventors and geniuses from gaining he knowledge that would set them on that path

For many people across the UK, getting a degree is seen a route out of poverty. Although reducing tuition fees would be a welcome move, it would still mean that (unless reduced almost completely) many of the poorest Britons will see a university degree as unaffordable. The current fee for the vast majority of domestic students sits at an exorbitant £9,250. In order for Britain to be a more equal society, a complete scrappage of tuition fees is necessary.

Reducing tuition fees will reduce pressure on students but will still mean that highly skilled workers are paying this back all their working life whilst still providing essential services for the country.

because its making young people go into unesesary debt and only giving more oportunities to rich people and less for the poor

Tuition fees are often prohibitive to swathes of society who have a lot of potential to fill those highly skilled roles in the future. Often people from lower income backgrounds may struggle to support themselves through this education and so the side job they take to fund their living costs becomes their destiny. Skilled roles should not be the preserve of the rich, and of foreign workers who come from countries where education is prioritised unlike the UK. The majority of young adults in the uk do not come from affluence.

I'm a second year university student
I pay 9k a year to study film production
So far everything we have learned can be found on YouTube and in a book

Education should be free to any who want it as a matter of principle, educating a country's populace benefits all in the end culturally and economically

I can see where they are coming from however I don’t think education should be limited behind a financial wall and people shouldn’t be denied access to higher education if they can’t afford it

The general public being able to receive tertiary education without going into depth would result in a higher educated population with a more likely chance if people entering tertiary education.

A degree usually leads to a better paying job in the long run, instead of putting young people off by the large price tag - we should be encouraging them to take on the opportunity. If tuition fees were abolished then not only would the national debt decrease but young people would be more inclined toward further education.

Education drives equality and growth. Current generation benefits massively from educating the next.

The system to collect tuition fees is a huge expense in itself. The European model of free study is more effective.

Education helps create skilled and intelligent workers, benefitting the country it should be available to all regardless of income.

By raising tuition fees, we are maintaining a class hierarchy of capitalism. We live in a capitalist country, which should allow for social mobility. Raising tuition fees is denying the working class to excel, and only enables those who can afford the tuition fees to recieve a higher education.

I believe they should be removed as people already pay for attending the university and that shoould also contribute to their tuition fees.

I think that the fees are way too high for families to pay, I believe a person should have to pay a smaller fee to get a better education. In summary I think that yes, they should abolish the tuition fee.

It is isolating students who do not want the debt.
In honesty my daughter is at university and I'm appalled at her experiences for the fees charged. They do not justify educational experiences.

Education should be a public right, so making it easier for the people from rich family's to get an education widens the class divide and reduces the number of skilled workers in the UK, which will have a negative impact on the economy.

Those who claim it should be reduced have obviously never struggled with the weight of student debt, as this cost can affect the outcome of careers in society. The more debt, the less a student is inclined to take difficult courses to further a career in the medical field or law.

Higher educated students benefit everyone, the person that invents the cure for cancer could be from a low income family and can't afford university.

Tuition fees is a machine to make the young work until old. Another method to spy and check on someone's whole life and future described in numbers and statistics. This all in order to wealth themselves more.

Unless abolished the reduction in tuition fees will still be submitted to the judgments of those for whom it is a trivial amount of money and irrelevant to their personal circumstances.

I believe that education should be free. What if someone who is underprivileged cannot afford education?

Most people are stuck in student debt into their elderly years where it is automatically forgiven, if its going to forgiven anyways, what is the point of causing stress by keeping them

Scrapping tuition fees will encourage more people to go to uni by lowering the financial burden therefore increasing the number of skilled workers and as a result fueling the economy and understaffed fields

Student debt accumulates geometrically over time, vague "reduction" cedes too much leverage to the predatory lending practices and for-profit institutions that maintain them that have landed the young generation in charge of leading the future with six-figure debt and undermined their ability to self-determine their careers and families.

even with reduced fees everyone has the right to education and this leaves low income students with a lesser chance of going to university

I do not understand the need for such unreasonably high fees as they never used to be so high. These fees prevent those on the lowest incomes from entering higher education and being able to improve their earning capacity and economic situations