Higher Education Built on Principles of Social Justice

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Byline: LEIGHTON ANDREWS

IHAVE always said that we, as a government, do not support full-cost or near full cost fees for higher education.

We also do not believe that higher education should be organised on the basis of a market.

In our policy for Higher Education (HE) For our Future, we set out clearly our objectives for HE.

We stated that we must build the future of higher education on the secure foundations of social justice and supporting a buoyant economy.

Central to this policy is the principle that access to higher education should be on the basis of the individual's potential to benefit, and not on the basis of what they can …