A report by the Independent Task Force on student finance information concluded that many prospective students have misplaced fears over how tuition fees are paid – a situation it described as a “national scandal”. Researchers polled nearly 2,000 young people, 59 per cent of whom said they had little or no understanding of the system, which will see tuition fees rise to up to £9,000 a year from next September. The findings come on the day of a central London march by around 10,000 protesters angry about the new system.
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