<p><br /> Graduates face a "triple whammy" of more debt, higher interest rates and longer repayment periods if proposals to raise tuition fees are adopted, according to a study<br /> </p><p><br /> A think tank says between 60-65 per cent of graduates will be worse off if they are charged an average of £7,000 per year, compared to the current system.<br /> </p><p><br /> This comes as thousands of marchers braved the snow in London and city centres around the UK to protest a rise in University fees.<br /> </p><p><br /> There was a heavy police presence on the streets of the capital as officers took no risks after the damage and violence seen at other demonstrations over the past fortnight.<br /> </p><p><br /> Protesters were due to march from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square but police held them back. As a result they scattered over the West End and Westm agasinister, causing many roads to be closed off.<br /> </p><p><br /> Angry students gathered outside Nick Clegg's house in Sheffield, angry at the Liberal Democrats for what many view as a u-turn in policy.<br /> </p><p><br /> Organisers are now planning a massive march being dubbed 'Day X' on the date MPs vote on the proposed rises in Parliament, something which is expected to happen before Christmas.<br /> </p>
