UK here. When I went to uni in 2005, it was £1300 a year (I did four years), when I did my masters in 2009 it was £3000. My younger brother started his degree in 2010 and it was £9000 a year. Did he get 7x as good an education as me. I DOUBT IT.
You can always tell whatever the UK equivalent of a boomer is when they talk about 'the grant', where they lived in a crazy fantasy world that existed up to 1998 where the state supported its students. "Oh don't you have the grant" "but you've got the grant don't you?".
When the subject of housing comes up in general, there's the term 'pulling up the ladder' used, referring to those who 'have' exploiting those who 'do not have' in a 'fuck you got mine, jack' mentality - as one of those who got the least worst deal, I'm kind of stuck as how I can help those who got shafted. Both Labour and the Tories suck in this regard, and the Lib Dems' record on tuition fees is absolutely legendarily awful and they can NEVER EVER be trusted.