article by Tom Bewick-chief executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, the sector skills council for arts, advertising and heritage

Higher education funding will be a battleground as rival factions line up to say who should pay for degrees

There are many imponderables ahead in 2010, but two things can be predicted with a degree of certainty. One, there will be a general election and two, the higher education funding debate will be a battleground.

The NUS and others that support the idea that the taxpayer should pick up the cost of higher education will be in one corner. In the opposite corner will be the vice-chancellors, who will want to see the cap on fees lifted, thus putting a greater financial burden on students.

Read the full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/05/higher-education-funding-debate-trouble.