As many as 141 universities have asked the government to increase fees in orders to get more funding.
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00:00I was very lucky because 35 years ago I got, as a mature student, I got a grant.
00:11I mean, even then it was difficult to live on what you had to live on. You had to supplement it.
00:17All I can say is that, this is 35 years since then, you know.
00:24I mean, I was dead lucky, I suppose, I got my degree, but it's like the whole of life these days is more and more difficult.
00:34I think it's getting ridiculous now because kids are getting so much debt before they even leave.
00:40And then they don't make the money back when they leave because they're coming out of colleges and universities.
00:44I've got all these degrees but I can't get a job. So, no, I think it's ridiculous.
00:48We live in a society that's given up belief in human values and they're replaced by a belief in money.