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Guy wants UK uni fees to go up?

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I'm assuming he/she lives in London already and so the theory is that he/she will save money on accommodation?

Yeah I live in London and accommodation's over 100 per week. So a better bet is to stay at home rather than pay that with 9 grand every year

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Plainview

The cost to my university of my education is not covered by the fees that I pay.

Reply 22

MrsSheldonCooper

Hahaha nooo I'd love to go to Swansea for uni but I'll try my luck out with Imperial

Reply 23

username533239

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Hey guys, this was in the news today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24771452 and I was wondering, what do you guys make of it?

I would kick his ass silly if I found him

Reply 24

Dalek1099

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Well you have a point there but £8250 for 3 years is still a debt hard enough to get on the property ladder

How does the debt stop getting you a house?It doesn't work like normal debts and doesn't affect your credit rating and you only have to pay the debt back slowly or not at all if you are earning less than £21,000.What university fees are is really Graduate Job Tax.

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Reply 25

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by siwelmail

I would kick his ass silly if I found him

He's in Surrey University

Reply 26

Dalek1099

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Yeah I live in London and accommodation's over 100 per week. So a better bet is to stay at home rather than pay that with 9 grand every year

You don't pay it upfront :confused:

You must think the country is very rich for about half of the population of the country that go to university to be able to afford £9,000 per year.

Reply 27

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by Dalek1099

You don't pay it upfront :confused:

I know but I don't want to get out of uni with that debt on my head..Yeah I'll only pay back bit by bit but it's going to be there for so long.

Reply 28

Dalek1099

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

I know but I don't want to get out of uni with that debt on my head..Yeah I'll only pay back bit by bit but it's going to be there for so long.

Its not like a bank loan though its not actually really debt its more like a Tax, it doesn't appear on credit records.

Reply 29

MrsSheldonCooper

I want to do electrical and electronic engineering..thanks!!! xx

Reply 30

emski

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Labour never considered trebling tuition fees like the Conservatives. I want to go to Swansea Uni to do engineering but it looks like I'll have to go for somewhere in London now :frown:

why london it seems more expensive?

Reply 31

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by emski

why london it seems more expensive?

Stay at home and go to a London uni (I live in London)

Reply 32

AwesomeSauce#1

i dont mind if it goes up...as long as he pays for it.

Reply 33

emski

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Stay at home and go to a London uni (I live in London)

ah fair enough.. is it the uni accomodation fees?

Reply 34

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by emski

ah fair enough.. is it the uni accomodation fees?

yeah its over 120 quid per week

Reply 35

Pittawithcheese

I graduated almost a decade ago and am still paying- back my old loan which was only about £12k in total, so goodness knows how the younger generation will manage...

The Bice Chancellor in the article is a twit

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Reply 36

The_Internet

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Well you have a point there but £8250 for 3 years is still a debt hard enough to get on the property ladder

It doesn't "count" as debt if that helps ie: it's not held against you when you want to get a house

Reply 37

emski

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

yeah its over 120 quid per week

mine is slightly higher

Reply 38

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by emski

mine is slightly higher

That's like the minimum. In other places, a decent room is like 60 pounds

Reply 39

Bill_Gates

You have to remember just a couple of weeks ago, the PM was willing to spend Billions to go to war with Syria yet we dont have enough to subsidise higher education. Obviously the government and the men at the top dont run this country for your interests, were merely slaves for their ends.