Universities 'face bankruptcy' because of delayed debate on tuition fees Senior civ

Oldernotwiser

atypical wrote: »

I think it a flawed line of thinking to assume doubling fees would double peoples’ diligence when picking courses. Whether £3k or £6k people will think equally as hard; it's a lot of money either way. What does change is peoples’ ability to afford it once they've made their decision.

The US system is not a good one and is where our education system would be heading if such changes were made. Exorbitant fees means education and expense have become synonymous to the extent that it deters too many from the very thought of being able to achieve a higher education - regardless of their ability.

And for all the expense, does the US really have a better education system than us? Are Americans better educated as a result, are their degrees of more worth than their British equivalents? Me thinks not.

I'm not saying whether I agree or disagree with you but your post didn't lead on in any way from the post of mine which you quoted!

Aspiring

Interesting topic!

At a recent UCAS open day, one of the students from the student union was saying that half of the student fee's just sit in a bank account.

Lokolo

Because a student knows where the money all goes

Aspiring

Lokolo wrote: »

Because a student knows where the money all goes

:rotfl: I know, that's what we were saying as we left

The point is though, that is not only their impression, but this is the impression they are passing on to prospective new students.

That's what makes this an interesing topic

atypical

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I'm not saying whether I agree or disagree with you but your post didn't lead on in any way from the post of mine which you quoted!

Ha ha, good point. I'm not sure why I quoted you, I'd have been better quoting farso's chocolate bar comment. Must have been all the excitment of wanting to write my views!