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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/reforms-will-open-up-universities.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Nick Clegg said the Government's higher education reforms would turn universities into 'engines of social mobility'" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-reforms-will-open-up-universities.jpg" alt="Nick Clegg said the Government's higher education reforms would turn universities into 'engines of social mobility'"/></a></p>
<p>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has claimed that the Government&#8217;s higher education reforms would turn universities into &#8220;engines of social mobility&#8221; as he tried to stave off a damaging Liberal Democrat rebellion.</p>
<p>Ahead of a crunch meeting with Lib Dem MPs tonight, Mr Clegg insisted the coalition&#8217;s plans &#8211; including the highly contentious rise in tuition fees &#8211; would break a middle-class stranglehold on university places.</p>
<p>His appeal came as ministers were bracing themselves for Thursday&#8217;s vote on the proposals amid signs that Mr Clegg faces a rebellion from Lib Dem MPs who will not go back on their pre-election pledge to oppose a hike in fees.</p>
<p>At least two members of the payroll vote, including transport minister Norman Baker, have not ruled out resigning in protest.</p>
<p>In an article for the Financial Times, Mr Clegg suggested the Government faced a choice between increasing fees or having to &#8220;slash university places&#8221;</p>
<p>He acknowledged that the plans were &#8220;controversial&#8221; but insisted they were &#8220;the fairest way&#8221; to support higher education while cutting the deficit.</p>
<p>He dismissed criticism that the rise in fees would harm social mobility and insisted that that cause had not been served by expanding student numbers in recent years.</p>
<p>&#8220;The uncomfortable truth is that the growth in the university population in recent years has done little or nothing to boost social mobility. The student population has become more middle-class dominated,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;The coalition is intent on making our universities more effective engines of social mobility.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, he admitted that it would be &#8220;many years&#8221; before the impact of the policy would be known.</p>
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