Top-up fees at university

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I have been an official university student since october now, and i am having the best time of my life, but while us studious people are enjoying being independant and loving university life, hovering in the back of the mind is costs:-O I'm lucky in a small way. I defered uni for a year and skipped the increase in top up fees. So per year for tuition alone, I pay £1250 where as the majority of my friends are forking out £3000 per year, a hefty hefty price to pay when the average contact time with tutors per week is 8 hours. Then throw accomodation into the pile, an average of £2500 per year and the money pot is just getting bigger and bigger... £3000 + £2500= £5500 for the average student per year, and this is before food, laundry, social life, transport... Yes, most students manage a job during term time to bring in some cash, but even a 15 hour week isnt going to fund the hurrendous amount of debt they are going to have when they leave uni. And student fees are said to rise even more in the next few years. Is it really fair to have such hurrendous top-up fees on our heads??