The College of Law has thrown its support behind Lord Browne's review of student funding, which could see the removal of the cap on UK university fees.

The College has rallied behind Browne's proposals for a free market for higher education fees, which is intended to increase competition and deliver higher standards of education.

Browne's review, published today (12 October), suggests that the government should remove the £3,290 fee cap on tuition fees, allowing universities the freedom to decide how much to charge students.

However, the government will only subsidise fees of up to £6,000. Above this point, an increasing levy will be charged on each further £1,000.

If the proposals are accepted, students will start to pay back their tuition fee loans when they earn £21,000, as opposed to the current level of £15,000.

College of Law chief executive Nigel Savage said: "We hope the government will use the recommendations in this report to begin a timely and much needed rethink of higher education and the role of educational institutions in England to ensure that they all deliver to a contemporary agenda of employability, flexibility and diversity.

"The fee cap coming off will create a more competitive environment. Whilst we need to protect the best in our world-class institutions, we must eliminate the dividing lines between public and private tertiary education. We must allow all institutions to compete for the students and allow quality to flourish."