The resolution was also supported by Will Straw, president of the Oxford University Student Union.

BBC: Oxford students

Oxford University Students' Union has complained of a "cynically minded attempt by Gordon Brown and the government to jump on a populist bandwagon".

BBC: You are in: Education

The students' union at Oxford University has expressed its "outrage" at the proposals and has called on the university to speak out against top-up fees.

BBC: Students could face big fee rise

At Oxford University, the students' union president, Kirsty McNeill, told BBC News Online the introduction of top-up fees would drag the university back to its Brideshead image of social exclusivity.

BBC: Students say top-up fees cut access