18-02-2018 12:51 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Tory Tuition Fee Plans Will Hurt Social Mobility, Warns Justine Greening

Tory plans to make some university courses cheaper could have a serious impact on social mobility, former Education Secretary Justine Greening has warned her successor.Greening, who was sacked as Education Secretary in the January reshuffle, claimed cutting the cost of humanities and social science subjects could deter students from poorer backgrounds signing up for more expensive science and engineering courses.Her comments came after her successor in the job, Damian Hinds, said there could be
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