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Could you explain what you mean by that ?
What is your reason for the stated differentiation ?
Maybe so
Do you have any idea why?
No, they don't think it is a barrier - it is a barrier. You're a real selfish arsehole y'know that?
Errr...tax? Rent? Bills? Food? Clothes?
I'm not quite sure I believe you.
Because if someone is in their 30's with no savings and goes to university, they're going to be paying off the loan for the rest of their life with no guarantee of a good salary. Come on, its not difficult to work out.
are you serious...there's a shortage here for skilled workers and labourers
True the issue is different for mature students.
I think however you are exxagerating, how long do you think it would take to pay back a student loan? The rest of your life? I think not..........
And also one may ask that if you have no savings i.e. you are impliyng they may be in a bad financial position, and they also have no guarantee of improving their earnings then it seems higlhy reckless to go to university even if it were free..........
But getting a degree is not all about earning more money than everyone else. Talking from personal experience the majority of jobs that I'm interested in I'll need a degree for (hence I'm going to university in September), you could own £50K a year and be incredibly unhappy, stressed and depressed or £12K a year and be the happiest person in the world.
No idea what you're studying Blagsta, but is it a course and job that'll benefit people or communities? Because they're often not paid all that well.
The thing is not every job is guarenteed to be well paid... But £7.50 per hour working as say... A project worker is better and more rewarding a job than £4.85 per hour working for a fast food chain and bar, if indeed that field is something that makes your heart sing.
when i graduate with my Msci ill owe £21k and i worked out itll take 20years to pay back on a wage of 20k id be better off under top up fees system cause ill get a bursary thatll stop me needing so much student loan, and if i dont pay the tuition back in 25years it gets written off
dont you find it unfair that the student loan gets interestr on it whilst youre studying so ill have 4years of interest on it
I am currently doing an Msc also........
Also I would point out that you would across twenty years expect to earn more than an average 20k a year.........
mines a 4year course hehe so its funded like any 1st degree
if i were to drop out id get a BSci Chemistry with Maths
I graduated 3 years ago and now work in the social care field.
thats thing postgrads and foreign students subsidise undergrads, whether thats reasonable or not i dont know, but there needs to be more government funding of undergrad study, along with top up fees, so universities dont have to resort to using non-eu students and postgrads
My department has many foreign students on pastgrad but that is becasue it is diffiuclt to get UK students to stay for postgrad in economics......
yup my dept just went on a recuiment drive cause noone from china wants to do chemistry it seems, as it isnt maths or economics or engineering
my dept has no problems getting uk people to do it, but theyre doing it to get money
Get a job before you do your "a" levels, and get a degree through the OU. Might take 5 years part time, but it'll take that if you go through college and then to Uni. It's not as much fun but you wind up qualified, debt free and you have a job, probably a place to live and a decent credit history to boot.
You have to show the bods at the OU you are serious though. They can be abtsy about under 18's.
top unis for certain subjects have good reps as well cause they do well for that subject