<x-tad-smaller>From "the Scotsman" today
SENIOR academics last night warned the future of Scottish higher education hung "in the balance" after Gordon Brown raised the prospect of removing the cap on top-up fees south of the Border.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>[snip]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>He indicated that he would not rule out an eventual reassessment of the £3,000 tuition fee cap, which is set in stone until 2009 but which some universities regard as too low.</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>[snip]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>He added: "The future of that is going to be a matter for debate that we have got to have."</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>Stephen Magee, the vice-principal of St Andrews University, said:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> [snip]
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>"But if the cap on top-up fees comes off, then the gap is going to widen."
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon</x-tad-smaller>
