MSE News: Government proposes graduate tax

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"Graduates could pay for their university education through a special tax once they start work ..."
"Graduates could pay for their university education through a special tax once they start work ..."
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Probably, assuming they earn enough.
Only a very small number of graduates use what they studied at university in their later career choice.
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It's a bad time to be in higher education (whether as a student or as staff) with redundancies, budget cuts and an attitude of 'doing more with less' which is impossible.
And explain the other oppotunities to people. When I was in 6th form, we just got talked into going into university.
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Ask people if they support increased tuition fees and they'd tend to say no
If the question was phrased " or add x% to income tax " to cover labour's 50% target then the response would be different
Also UCU, by her response and the generally accepted position that 25% (give or take) cuts from public funds are on the way is supporting that means thousands of job losses in the sector and if done properly rather than salami slices the significant closures of a number of current institutions. I seem to remember her saying that such a policy would bring the mother of all industrial action.
If UCU believe the current status qou can remain ( which means income tax up by 5-10% ) then they are living in cloud cuckoo land
We need to recognise the costs of this education and then ensure that students from poorer backgrounds through needs-blind bursary are not discouraged by increased tuition fees!
I'd also like to know more about time frames - when do I start paying it back and how long for? - as well as who pays it back (all graduates, even the ones who got grants and didn't pay to go to uni? New graduates? People with outstanding loans to repay?) and what the limits are.
On the new proposed scheme, you won't know how much the degree will cost you. In addition, graduates who go on and get higher paid jobs will be penalised by having to pay higher "tuition fees" than those who don't earn as much.
And then how do you treat graduates who then go abroad? They don't pay tax in this country, so how would they pay this "tax"?