STUDENTS in West Yorkshire have described feeling ignored and neglected amid online backlash against the cost of higher education. University tuition fees in England - £9250 per academic year - have long been at the centre of debate since they were increased by then-Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in July 2015. The fees had been capped at £9,000 since 2012 but were raised to match inflation from the 2017–2018 academic year onwards. But in an unprecedented time which sees students learn under the restrictions of a worldwide pandemic, many young people - including those from Bradford - have spoken up. 19-year-old Keyhan Modaressi Chahardehi, a Broadcast Media Technologies student at Leeds Beckett University who lives in Bradford city centre, believes universities should reduce fees.