Minister Drops Plan to Create Higher Fee University Places

David Willetts initially suggested universities could take more than their government-set quota of UK students and to charge them up to £28,000 per year — the same as fee for non-EU students.
Minister Drops Plan to Create Higher Fee University Places
British Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, addresses delegates on the second day of the Conservative party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, on October 4, 2010. Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
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British Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, addresses delegates on the second day of the Conservative party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, on October 4, 2010.  (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images)