Tuition raises.

toxic1990

As it is pretty obviously that the tories are going to raise it, and with the current coalition pact claiming Lib Dems will abstain from voting.

I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.

Does the rise effect current students? something in the back of my mind is telling me students agreed to £3000 odd + inflation only.

It would be disgusting if they suddenly doubled the amount whilst someone was halfway through a degree, so unfair that its making me lean in favor of only new students will pay more.

C_Mababejive

I guess its too early to say as it is currently only mooted and there are no firm proposals as yet so dont stress about it just yet. It may be a little way down line.

RHB

Tough chub, tuition fees need to rise, and that's coming from a student just finishing first year.

I would suspect they wouldn't raise them for those already at university, who have committed to uni with it being 3k a year + inflation.

Might apply straight away to new applicants but potentially could be stepped? which would just create a massive pile in again for university places.

C_Mababejive

I guess we all have to pay to learn now.

As an example,see here....the company wants £16,000 up front to train you.

http://www.britishgasacademy.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=54

Lokolo

If you think it's bad that they might double from £3k->£6k then have a look at the USA tuition fees and start complaining then!

melancholly

well the interview on bbc news this morning almost made me laugh - we can have people in colleges all around the country learning things, then if they're good they can take the exams from a 'good uni' as a distance student..... beacuse all unis in all subjects have identical topics covered!

i just hope that they stagger increases - i can see that they have to go up (not that i think that's a good thing, just the inevitable), but people who are now 16 and thinking about uni options will find it hard to come up with double the money almost overnight. that's really unfair! at least in the US you know what it costs from the start (hence kids have college funds). when you have 18 years to prepare, that's better than potentially 15 months!

ah well, not introducing tution fees was a labour election pledge in 1997 (not that i'd call them liars )..... once that was broken there was no going back!

Taiko

There's nothing to say any fee increase wouldn't affect current students. After all, anyone who started after 2006 and didn't have deferred entry from 2005 are on the variable fee rates.

Small change in regulations, current students could get to year 2 and pay whatever. But there's no announcement of this yet, so stop worrying.

redpete

toxic1990 wrote: »

Does the rise effect current students?

How can anyone on here know when the minister responsible hasn't decided what he wants to propose yet?

MrsManda

melancholly wrote: »

well the interview on bbc news this morning almost made me laugh - we can have people in colleges all around the country learning things, then if they're good they can take the exams from a 'good uni' as a distance student..... beacuse all unis in all subjects have identical topics covered!

So I could take lectures from my local college and end up with a degree from Oxford? - comment from my OH this morning
This is will just reduce the quality of the degree, or at very least reduce the way other view the degree. The point of going to a 'good' university is that you learn from experts in their field, getting an up to date high quality information. The 'curriculum' (brain's not working so can't think of a better word so I hope you know what I mean) of the modules in my degree change rapidly as new research is released etc... I know many degrees don't work like this because of the subject but it is what makes going to my university worth the cost in loans.

toxic1990

redpete wrote: »

How can anyone on here know when the minister responsible hasn't decided what he wants to propose yet?

Well aren't you a nice chap. The post regarding fixed rates and variable was the kind of answers I was looking for, if it was the former than the Minister can't do jack about current students. Maybe I should of elaborated for the more pedantic holes of the class, I apologies.

Mankysteve

Well labour were planning on making it un caped so much of difference really. More depressing about the umployment figures the the extent of the conservative cuts. Brilliant plan by labour though. Loose the election and let the conservative do all the painful cuts/tax rises then next general election the conservative will be so unpopular that labour will get back in.