CrazyHorse said:
Arrghhh, I was working in a building next to the protests at university yesterday, they even tried to storm it! Not sure what they hoped to achieve by occupying a building already full of university students!! The problem with the rise in fees is that not all courses will be charging the same (depending on the level of cuts they face) and those which do need to charge the maximum may find their numbers significantly reduced because of that so I suspect a lot of the funding short fall may not be fully made up (but this is a whole other topic!!). |
The courses which cost more to run (sciences) are also exactly the ones the government claims we need more of. So expect applicants for that to drop off steeper than arts.
The worst part, I feel, is that more prestigious universities will be restricted to those who are rich (or, bizarrely, the very poor who benefit from grants) because they will feel they can charge more. The middle class (which I will define as ~$35k-$60k household earnings) will be stuck.
For example I am at Cambridge, but if they raised it to £9000 I don't think my family could afford for me to go. And I'm certain Cambridge will charge the maximum based on their public statements about this.
