Tens of thousands of students set to protest © REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Tens of thousands of students are set to take part in a national walkout on Wednesday in protest at the Government's planned higher education reforms. Students at campuses across the UK will boycott lectures in an effort to show what universities will look like if higher education costs keep rising. The move is part of the National Union of Students (NUS) Come Clean campaign, which aims to promote public debate on issues such as student funding and planned university reforms. The walkout is one event in a week of action designed to show that high tuition fees, hidden course costs and a lack of bursaries are pricing students out of education. The NUS says it is time for both the universities and the Government to come clean on how much education will cost. NUS president Liam Burns said: "The Government tripled tuition fees without legislation around it being discussed. The White Paper came out with probably far more damaging reforms than first represented and now the Government has said it's not going to put the Higher Education Bill forward. That's not good enough. It was reported in January that the Government is planning to shelve, or delay the HE Bill, which contains measures on changing the university system to make it more competitive.