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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Outer Dementia
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Jan-27-2004 11:09
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Misty Kitty
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Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Home
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| quote: | Originally posted by dj_mdma
The tuition system is going to hit Middle England sooooo hard, |
i know students tend to drink a fair bit of their loads etc but that is a uni right of passage which the government would fo partaken in if they were of our generation. They come from a lack of exerience on this issue.
I just got caught in the fee sby one yr, they say 1k a yr is nothing, but its fuck loads if you're not living at home trying to eat live and study and pay fees its a ******, i had to take the loan out cover all of those costs reaching a nice sum of £8.5 k + £2.5 overdrafts in 3 yrs
and even if you are living at home (which my older brother did) it cripples the parents when the kids aren't mean to be at home any more, one way or another someone has to pay
and lam you and your folks are in the bad situ, ur course goes on for yrs and years, is it tuition fees each year for you as well?
With debts from such such degrees as medical we're talking £30k+ at the end if not more, what sort of 'government education start in life is that'? not to even start on the repayment rates, which in some cases are so low that you end up paying sumthing like £5 a week, you'll never pay off anything on that
Arrggg now im kinda pissed off fuck witts
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Jan-27-2004 16:32
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eLe_vatE
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: tulse hell
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I support the top-up-fees under current circumstances, that is nearly 50% (and rising each year) go on to higher education, unis can't afford to pay for all these courses any more, and a grand a year from students isn't nearly enough to curb the deficit, that's the fact. If the gov. is determined to send 50%+ to uni, they have to either raise taxes or increase fees. The former way (the Lib Dem way) is completely unfair on people / parents who will not / have not/ don't have children going to uni. Charging fees imo in the only fair way, besides we've still got it easy compared to the US, courses at universities there can cost $20,000 per year or more. Some people have commented in this thread that it will be too much of a burden on parents, I can't see how that will be so, seen as they will go from paying £1,100 per year to £0. Sure the parents will probably pay off some of the debt afterwards, however, under the previous system, parents only payed fees if they collectively (or singularly) earned £20,000+ per year, under the new system, the same rule applies still but only if the graduate also earns £15,000+ per year, and at that wage, the weekly contribution is bugger all! Therefore the level of finantial stability that is required for paying off the debt is greater under the new system. But as I said, this is only the solution (imo) under the current circumstances, because.....
...personally I think the answer is to remove the bottom 20% or so of shit pointless money wasting courses that bring in no money to the unis through reseach etc., we don't need 50% going to uni anyway, well less than half of the jobs in the country require a degree anyway, and students doing such courses would have these large debts and a low income to pay them off, because such degrees would be next-to useless. This would ease the financial deficit of unis and would mean no top-up-fees! Best solution if you ask me....
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Jan-27-2004 18:46
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