Tuition fees: Teenagers lose legal battle

[dipsydoodle]

Two teenagers have lost much of their legal battle against the raising of tuition fees in England.

Callum Hurley, from Peterborough, and Katy Moore, from London, claimed the decision to allow fees to rise breached human rights and equality laws.

They had argued that higher fees would discriminate against poorer students and those from ethnic minorities.

High Court judges rejected calls for ministers to reconsider the plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17069298

[tjwmason]

1. On the legal point the court ruled correctly

That does not change the fact that the new fee regime will constitute a massively retrograde step in terms of social mobility.