University of Facebook

The Tories plan to lift the cap on tuition fees and allow tech firms to establish private universities.

A new white paper proposes elite institutions being allowed to hike fees with inflation, pushing them still further from working class students’ stretch. And Facebook, Google and others could earn the right to launch their own private higher education institutions.

The Socialist says education is a right, not a privilege. Kick profit out of schools and universities. Scrap tuition fees – for a living grant for all students.