UCU calls for higher corporation tax to abolish tuition fees
Alison Gamble
Date posted: 06 Mar 2010
By opting to increase corporation tax, the government could afford to get rid of tuition fees.
That is according to the University and College Union (UCU), which believes that firms should contribute a greater amount of money to the country''s universities since they receive so many benefits from such institutions.
Sally Hunt, the organisation''s general secretary, suggests that families are likely to support the UCU''s suggestions.
Published by Alison Gamble
By opting to increase corporation tax, the government could afford to get rid of tuition fees.
That is according to the University and College Union (UCU), which believes that firms should contribute a greater amount of money to the country''s universities since they receive so many benefits from such institutions.
Sally Hunt, the organisation''s general secretary, suggests that families are likely to support the UCU''s suggestions.
"The future for the UK is as a high-skilled knowledge economy and that requires business to pay its fair share towards something which benefits us all," she commented.
Ms Hunt''s organisation has put forward proposals to increase corporation tax so that it matches the average amount paid in those countries that make up the G7.
Meanwhile, last month, the UCU also called on the country''s higher education institutions to justify the large wages that are enjoyed by many of their senior employees.
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