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Tuition fees rising again
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I've just read on the bbc that it's likely that uni fees are going to go up again, but are fixed until 2010. Now, if i go to uni it'll probably be in 2009, would that mean that i would have to pay the new higher fee when it comes in or is it for students starting from 2010 onwards?
I'm just a bit worried it's going to stop me from going.
I'm just a bit worried it's going to stop me from going.
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Good point! I think I forget to mention Tony Blair and his posse pay my tuition fees for me, as well as paying my school fees so I have absolutely no idea what my fees are at the moment. All I know is I don't pay 'em. :cool:
When I was at Uni there was no fee's - but there were a lot of time waster students who were only there cos their mummy wanted them to go to uni .. I expect the fact people are now having to pay for uni has at least gotten rid of those time wasters?
But if i do go in 2009, looks like i'll get away with it. It's still ticked me off though - why is it so expensive in england to go to uni?
I don't think it's right that graduates are forced to start their working life with so much debt, but it's at least better than having to pay out huge amounts of money up front while they're still studying. And as the government seem to think it's necessary to keep raising tuition fees, I think delaying payment of tuition fees is the best thing they can do to ensure as many people as possible are able to afford to go to university.
If you look at how much it costs to send your child to college in the US, you wouldn't say that! And over there it costs even more if you want to go to one of the top universities, which is something I'm really glad we've avoided doing so far in the UK.
a rise in tuition fees sucks, of course it does when we are the ones paying, but they used to go up every year anyway. the incentive is it does make you think seriously before you go whether the financial aspect of going to university is really worth it; a lot of people just go off to university because all their friends do or because they are stuck for trying to figure out what else to do. if people are investing £9k over 3 years, the people who are there should really want to be there and i think from that side its beneficial. also the addition of grants has made it overall less of a cost to go to university, if you can claim them, than it was with just tuition fees over just over £1k/yr and loans. go figure.
Unfortunately not, there are quite a few idiots on my course that just sit at the back and make "funny" comments. I suspect many of them get the grants anyway and see it as a cheap way of playing around (or will spend it all and worry about it later), whereas I actually want to be there, yet get £0.00 help. I hope they grow up soon, it's really irritating.