[iso1824]

> Undergraduate tuition fees are over £9k a year (it was zero when I went to university 20 years ago).

That's wrong.

In 2000 the fees that the UK student had to pay was £1000 a year (£1700 in today's currency), and the government paid about £3000 - a total of £4000, or £6800 in today's money.

Students had to pay this upfront to study. In 2006 these upfront fees were dropped.

[shawabawa3]

Student fees were introduced september 1998, or just over 21 years ago

Technically they're wrong but it's a very minor change to their point

[iso1824]

Not really, they were still £4000, its just that the government paid the full amount rather than 75% (20 years ago)

[spzb]

OK, I was rounding. It was closer to 25 years ago but I try not to think about how old I am.