ON THE subject of tuition fees, my younger daughter went to Nottingham University for four years.

She has a BA with honours in Sociology, but she sadly failed her Masters.

At the time I was divorcing my husband and on a very low income. Due to this she had no tuition fees to pay.

She managed to get into Goldsmiths, part of the University of London, for her PhD.

They wanted her to pay her tuition fees up front which she just couldn’t do and I wasn’t in a position to help her, so she didn’t go. She stayed on in London and managed to find a good job.

After she left university in 2007, the tuition fees increased to £3,000 per year.

She is exceptionally clever and was lucky enough to be able to go through university.

The Government putting tuition fees up again is just not on.

What about the lower classes, like us? How do they expect gifted youngsters from lower classes to have the chance of a better future with these huge increases in tuition fees?

The fees are only a part of the expense of university life: there are books, accommodation, food and other costs.

This Government has taken us all back in time, where the rich will still be well-educated and the poor will not get a look-in. I back the students 100 per cent.

C FRIEND (Mrs), Harwood Road, East Hagbourne