It's about the cuts in the education budget
The lack of EMA, the higher tuition fees, the graduate tax, the higher interest rate, the fact that Clegg promised not to raise tuition fees, the fact that ConDem has stated that the foreign students should not have to prop up home students if they study here.
(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 20:45, 1 reply)

You have written a whole lot of words
Without actually making a point
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Fri 12 Nov 2010, 22:22, closed)

Yeah, sure
It's about how all of those will affect the quality of - and ability to undertake - education in the UK.
(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Sun 14 Nov 2010, 23:37, closed)

I would say that most of that
is down to the serious lack of money to spend in higher education (since the government are preserving spending on compulsory education and health that doesn't leave a lot left over to run the country).

As for Clegg's promises, the cynic in me would say that's politicians for you. Another point of view would be that he had no idea quite how broke we are before getting into government.

As for the foreign students thing, they already pay way more than British students. Do you know what they pay as a proportion of the actual cost of the degree?
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 13:30, closed)

About a quarter?
People who go to a different country to study SHOULD pay more to fund the local students.
(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Mon 15 Nov 2010, 21:20, closed)

I agree
Can't charge them too much though or no-one would come!

25% does seem like an amazingly good deal. I think I'd be in favour of raising that a bit.
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Tue 16 Nov 2010, 19:34, closed)