Ian, it REALLY doesn't have to cost a fortune to send your kids to Uni. Although I studied before the advent of tuition fees, I went through uni with no debts whatsoever - and my parents would agree that they spent nothing like £15k (they wouldn't have affored it).
Each year I earned upto the Lower Earnings Limit and paid no tax. I did this by working full time during every break. The best paying jobs are night shifts - I sometimes did a day shift followed by a night shift if it was on offer.
I worked in Safeways for the first year (as I had done since I was 16), then worked for a property development company in my second, and photocopying in the city for the last two. On a good day, I earned £15 per hour.
Personally I find it disheartening when parents pay for their sons/daughters, they don't work and they get into oodles of debt. It's creating a culture of dependance and debt.
I know I'm not one to preach what with still living with my folks, but I do pay to live here
Ian, I know you love your daughter, but I stronly urge you to make a condition of you paying for her to get a job.