'High quality' unis to increase tuition fees

I don't think the majority of the population will rally against the government so that a bunch of entitled young people fresh out of school can get a costly education, paid for by people who mostly didn't go to university, so these young people can study degrees that make them no more qualified to perform the jobs they ultimately go for.

Pay for it yourself, either with loaned money or go and make enough money to pay upfront.

My opinion:

Just to give some context with regards to what I believe in: Personally I would dramatically reduce the number of universities and transfer the focus on vocational training, making university only a place for those who are academic and intend on going into graduate jobs - and then make university free but also really hard to get into. (using an arbitary mark, probably in principle only for those with BBB+ at A level)

I think raising the fees is justified. In fact, lowering the fees is probably unfair to the general population. Why should everybody have to pay so that only some can go to university? Funnily enough, it sounds very elitist that students get the right to free education at the expense of the working majority.

We ought to appreciate the efforts the university makes for students (libraries, staffing, campuses) and how valuable money really is. Instead of having 'free' higher education funded by the taxpayer, who on average is unlikely to actually go to university, we give them a break and put the money directly between the student and the university. The new loan system is well structured, despite having a misleading name. It's simply an investment system made by universities into graduates. The goal: They give you the materials to learn, you graduate, you do well in work, they get some return. It's the universities that run the risk of losing out on money, not the student. Ideally, it will make sure they take their teaching standards and facilities seriously and to select better applicants/staff.

I think the number of EU students in UK universities will diminish after all these : 1)a possible Brexit ,2)increase of fees(we still don't know)
I applied to UK unis because the overall expenses per year was 25k euros but if 1 and 2 happen I will have to pay 55k euros!The four years of the course will cost 220k...of course if you have the talent you will have a place in UK education. Now I am in the middle of my application and I'm so confused about what to do.

You've already had 13 free years of education.

You get what you pay for by going to a better uni

There is no free university education, someone is paying for it. Only free education exists online, on sites like YT.

Except that wouldn't make much sense, as not everyone has a mortgage and those who do make their repayments to a private sector bank or building society. Quite how that'd work out I don't know.

I'm not sure what case you'd launch in the 'European courts' either, whether ECtHR (which is not a court of the EU, incidentally) or the ECJ.

You've already had 13 free years of education.

Define 'better'.

And so what.
It shouldn't matter if I had it for like 13 years or more.

People are still suffering, not everyone can afford it.

You are so ignorant.

But everyone here has access to a student loan so they CAN afford it.

[e] I was the first in my family to go to uni. None of my family gave me a penny towards it. I got a loan and a maintenance loan, and a part time job. Now I'm funding my MA while working full time. Why do some people want everything for nothing????

No, not everyone has an access to a student loan, there are certain legal requirements that need to be fulfilled, so, lets say you were a refugee, you will not have qualified for the loan.

Also, some graduates won't be able to afford to pay it back.

In Britain back in them days education(further and higher education) was for free and everything seemed to be alright, so, why can't it be the same now.