By Jessica Frank-Keyes A London vice-chancellor has suggested universities could need tuition fees of £12,500 to address the sector’s financial woes. Professor Shitij Kapur, the vice-chancellor and president of King’s College London (KCL), has said the “number to ask for” was between £12,000 and £13,000 – but warned institutions risked looking “out of touch” if they requested the price hike from the government. Tuition fees are currently capped at £9,250, having been frozen at that level since 2017. The cost previously rose to £9,000 in 2012. Prof Kapur added: “You go back to 2015/2016 and if …