nick venedi

Thursday 4 November 2010

Tuition fees, the Libs and lenght of degrees

Many of us distinctly remember the sure guarantees made by Nick Clegg and other senior Liberals who made it clear that they will never support any government that proposes to increase student fees. We now know that it is a senior Lib that has come up with the idea of pushing the fees up to £9,000 a year. This means that my young niece who has just entered university at the age of 19 will carry a debt of around £60 to £70 k by the time she graduates!

I know that most of us do not trust politicians but to have an entire party make firm promises and then turn them around at the drop of a hat because they are so into tasting power is totally unacceptable. I hope that some of the people I know who did vote for the Liberals never do so again.

There are different ways to make savings in education but making students pay a huge price post graduation isn't the best way to achive this. The proposed £9,000 is too excessive and it must come down. Government should be more creative. I did my degree in a period of 3 years and I remember how much time we had off in between, so I would imagine we could do away with starting the term in October and finishing the year early June and have fewer breaks in between, so if a 3 year degree was reduced to 2 years then surely that would save money? It would save the students at least one years tuition fees and would allow universities to have new intakes? Why can't this and other governments be more creative? Reduce fees and make the length of degrees shorter!!



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