Marty

tuz
Administrator
Jul 2, 2005
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Dude thats fucking ridiculous, thats one thing that really pisses me off at uni - for my undergrad i payed £12000 in tuition and for my postgrad im paying £7000, if staff don't turn up I always kick up a fuss.
I didn't pay anything for Uni. Engineering Master. In fact was helped out a little to pay for books etc :lol:
 

Ford Prefect

Senior Member
May 28, 2009
10,557
How come all of the sudden such huge prices?
The Gvt used to provid subsidies to encourage more students to go to uni, in 2001 they increased from £1000-£3000 a year, when I went it went up to £4000 a year and now we have the torries in power they have ended all subsidies so uni have permission to charge a maximum of £12000 a year and abuot 90% have announced an intention of doing it, including where im doing my MA and where i did my undergrad.

Works out well for me, degree's will actually have value again and i've already got one/two (theres no way im not getting my MA) :weee:
 

Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
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The Gvt used to provid subsidies to encourage more students to go to uni, in 2001 they increased from £1000-£3000 a year, when I went it went up to £4000 a year and now we have the torries in power they have ended all subsidies so uni have permission to charge a maximum of £12000 a year and abuot 90% have announced an intention of doing it, including where im doing my MA and where i did my undergrad.

Works out well for me, degree's will actually have value again and i've already got one/two (theres no way im not getting my MA) :weee:
How big are wages over there?

Sounds silly to see all those changes, from 1k to 3k in just a year and now going up to 12k.
 

Enron

Tickle Me
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Oct 11, 2005
75,664
Yeah, your wages are a lot higher.
I see your logic, but no. Most people don't make high enough wages to pay the cost of college until almost decades after they've graduated. Some universities in the US cost 40k a year. So thats 160,000 over a four year period. Sure US wages are much higher than in other places, but the cost to wage ratio is ridiculous. When you consider that most university costs these days are covered in loans and add in interest, it becomes are very unbalanced equation. Especially, with the work climate being so anti-recent graduates.
 

Ford Prefect

Senior Member
May 28, 2009
10,557
You'd be lucky to start on £18 000 a year, but against cost of living you'd be fucked for money, most people start on £14 000 and live with their parents.

It sucks balls, its why the tories can't be trusted in gvt, their only interest is in selling private contracts and supporting big business :sergio:
 

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