Universities are already increasing their fees above £9000

Will tuition fee loans increase with the tuition fees charged?


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Will the international fees also rise ?

Will the international fees also rise ?

A majority of CS grads tend to assume just because they have a 2.1/1st that they can waltz into any company and secure a job within weeks, when in reality jobs like Software Engineering (i.e techincal jobs that CS grads usually go into) require a portfolio; much like architecture.
A company like Google will take someone who doesn't have a degree but a good portfolio, loads of projects and hours under their belt over a CS grad with little or no experience, any day of the week.

As a result of our CS grads usually having little experience, jobs are snapped up by either self-taught programmers who acutally bother to take part in projects or attend hackathons. Or internationals *cue the immigrants are taking our jobs line*

Mind you, I think CS education in this country is a shambles anyway. Far better in the USA.
I'll be starting CS at KCL this Sep.

Can I just ask, will this actually affect current students that much in terms of debt?

I mean you pay back your debt once you are earning roughly £21,000 or more and the amount you pay back depends of your wages rather than the amount of debt you are in. This means that you are paying the money back over a longer period of time but I thought that the debt is written after thirty years (apparently people only pay back 40% of their debt)....surely this means that the government is going to be paying for the tuition fee increase if people are going to be paying back a set amount anyway?

I hope you all understand what I mean?

KCL? Wot.

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Yup rejected by UCL and Imperial, quite harsh. I wonder if I'm gonna be the first student that the KCL Comp Sci department take that has A*A* in maths and further maths. Considering the official reqs are AAB with a B in maths.

Not too fussed though, KCL has one of the best tech society's in the UK. Good chance to get some experience on my CV

Fair play, I'm not knocking KCL at all! Was just curious as to the change from UCL/Imperial.

You'll smash it regardless anyway dude, you've got a great attitude

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It's fine. I don't mind them putting up tuition fees. Why is it students only moan when tuition fees go up yet when they get a load in maintenance loan they don't even need you never hear them moaning? The arrogance

Erm...perhaps it's because they'll be the ones paying it back.

They have to pay maintenance loans back aswell....students literally get fees paid for at the entry point of studies....its lunacy, complaining at free money and very favourable terms

Yeah, "free money" they have to pay back, which will also increase anyway because of interest.

It's estimated that only forty-something percent of people will pay the full amount back, so the fifty-something percent who don't are likely to be given free money essentially


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Out of interest where is that figure from? I've heard 11% is more accurate so I'm just interested.

Out of interest where is that figure from? I've heard 11% is more accurate so I'm just interested.