Who else thinks Uni is unnecessarily expensive ?

It cost in England £9000 for a term and that is reportedly set to rise even higher. By the time people are finishing university and starting their career, they are roughly £50,000 in debt, which for a young person is utterly ridiculous. It seems to me businesses are trying to capitalise on people's educations. What do you think?

£9000 per academic year surely?

currently there's no incentive for unis to bring their fees down below the maximum permitted amount, Nobody wants to be seen as a cheap university and they're currently still able to recruit enough students.
Spending per student is seen as a good thing by ranking table compilers.
probably some harsh market discipline could bring fees down a bit... but even if fees were somehow drastically cut to (for example) £5000 per year, the rest of the students costs would remain fixed.

Unis have costs too...honestly I don't think they're too expensive. University in this country is already heavily subsidised, and £9000 is a pretty good deal tbh.

So you don't think university is expensive? Or you just want to spend a lot of money because it makes you look good.

I don't think universities are expensive, as in bad value. I just think students can't afford them.

What I mean is that the level of education offered and facilities required make the price tag high (I would point out that private secondary schools often charge far more than £9,000 a year). However, students can barely afford the money it costs. It's a bit of a tricky situation, but I personally don't think we're being ripped off. I do think the government needs to invest more in the education of the general public at degree level. Loans really aren't good enough.

Unless you get a really good career progression, have friends in good places, in the right place at the right time or are really good at negotiating contracts, then lets face it, its highly unlikely you're going to get a wage that pays over the threshold without a degree.

Even national living wage (which was a godsend when it was implemented, don't get me wrong) only equates to £15k a year.....

Other countries provide uni for £1-3000. I don't see why we get overcharged so much. It's not a good deal. And it's been proven recently that because of the high debt, only the very best paid professions actually provide the graduate premium. For everyone else, paying off their debt means that they get the same money as anyone else.

Courses that are not academic should not get degrees. Things like art and music should instead be a practical qualification. And things like lab chemistry too etc.

It's not that we're overcharged, it's due the lack of govt funding for higher education.

"Allowing" universities to charge up to 9k per year is a smokescreen to try and deflect blame, they've had to increase their fees because their funding was cut by the coalition govt.

It cost in England £9000 for a term and that is reportedly set to rise even higher. By the time people are finishing university and starting their career, they are roughly £50,000 in debt, which for a young person is utterly ridiculous. It seems to me businesses are trying to capitalise on people's educations. What do you think?

I imagine in the majority of cases, if it's not worth it you don't pay it back, and if it is then you do, so there's no problem.