Thanks for this really passionate piece - I agree with you wholeheartedly. I see it's public - do you mind me spreading the link about? I think it deserves widespread readership.

It's in the news this morning that Cambridge is going to charge a blanket £9k a year in fees for all its courses from 2012 - so much for the government's claim that the maximum would only be permitted "in exceptional circumstances". Loads of other universities look set to follow.