NI university leaders unite to call for political agreement on tuition fee rise

University chiefs in Northern Ireland have jointly called on the region’s political leaders to back a significant uplift in tuition fees, warning that failure to tackle a funding crisis in the sector will force them to cut places for local students.

In an unprecedented step, the heads of Queen’s University, Ulster University and The Open University, Ireland have co-signed a letter to the five largest parties at Stormont to warn the current financial arrangements are “not sustainable”.