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I do not support top-up fees being set at the highest level as reported in the profile of Simon Lee, my successor at Leeds Metropolitan University (In the news, THES , September 19). The university's response to the white paper on the future of higher education, which I drafted and support, opposed variable or top-up fees. It accepted that fees might rise, possibly to a maximum of Pounds 2,000, but argued that they should be the same at all universities. This is very close to MP Anne Campbell's proposal, which is gaining support.

Leslie Wagner
Interim chair
Higher Education Academy