Uni fees - student loan costs

[Fran17]

Good luck to your DD for tomorrow LFH! I'm with you, fed up with it all and I have two more sons to go. That's an awful lot of wine I will be drinking in the future.

[Looking for help]

Thanks Fran - yes we need a lot of wine to get through. I hope I don't have too much and fail to get up in the morning

[Fran17]

Just remember to wear your sunglasses.

[Belinda]

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[Looking for help]

Well....she survived just about (phew)

Interesting article....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18282831" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not that I'm like a dog with a bone, and never give up trying to convince people this is a bad idea

[daveg]

Well....she survived just about (phew)

Interesting article....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18282831" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

All other things being equal, university applications will drop 25% over the next ten years anyway.
Annual Mid-year Population Estimates, 2010, from the Office for National Statistics, Page 10.

[Looking for help]

This from an article in the guardian

The number of 18-year-olds in the population has declined by 11,000 this year, to 772,000, according to the Office for National Statistics, a fall of 1.4%.

The article is here but it was written in January
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/201 ... -drop-ucas" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Much smaller drop than 10% in the number of applications to university.

[bestpossibleoutcome]

State 'gains 10 times what it pays for students'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18353539" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting and thought provoking article. Particularly if you couple it with the fact that it is anticipated that the new fees regime will actually (directly) cost the country more in the long run. Seems like irreversible damage to me!

[Looking for help]

Especially when ass the article says it costs the state £18K for an average degree.

Why then are fees standing at £27K - I guess this it to make up for all those that won't/can't pay

[Guest55]

What about longer degrees e.g. those with a year in industry or abroad?