Student leaders will lobby MPs at the House of Commons on March 1 to tell them first hand about the financial hardships faced by thousands of students.
From next September, universities will be allowed to charge tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year, repayable when students graduate and are earning more than £15,000 a year. This will replace the current system of upfront fees, grants and loans. There are widespread fears that more students could be put off going to university because they are worried about getting into debt.
The amount universities can charge is currently capped at £3,000 but is up for review starting in 2008.
The National Union of Students (NUS) is calling on MPs to campaign against allowing universities to charge higher fees after that date.
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What do you think? Are you a student worried about mounting debts? Have you been thinking twice about whether to apply to university or abandoned plans to take a gap year to avoid top-up fees? Do you have to work part-time to fund your studies and if so how does it affect your grades? How do you think the NUS should campaign on your behalf?
Email Kat Fletcher, NUS president with your questions. For more information about the March 1 lobby go to the NUS website