Jeremy Noel-Tod
@jntod.bsky.social
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Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: someflowerssoon.substack.com
Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: someflowerssoon.substack.com
![Wikipedia: Tuition fees were a major concern at the 2010 general election. The Liberal Democrats entered the election on a pledge to abolish tuition fees, but had already made preparations to abandon the policy before the election took place.[14] The party entered into coalition government with the Conservatives, who supported an increase in fees. Following the Browne Review the cap was controversially raised to £9,000 a year, approximately treble the previous cap; this sparked large student protests in London. The intention from the government of the time was that most universities would charge about £6,000, and that the £9,000 rate would only be charged in "exceptional" circumstances.[15] In practice most universities immediately began to charge the maximum £9,000 fee.[16] A judicial review against the raised fees failed in 2012, and so the new fee system came into use that September.[17]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:57xkqzxj5wafn4vfuntwdx4d/bafkreid3y7syemobt3nrp6ae65nlupqgn7ndezwtqb6cwojxqztgm5fkve)
