Writing for Multimedia: Blog opinion
Emily Lane
This month a survey has been carried out across various universities around the country to show the reaction to the threat of rising tuition fees.
Unsurprisingly, it was found that more than half of third year students at the top universities in England say they wouldn’t have enrolled if annual fees had been £9,000.Yes the government must make changes during this never ending recession black cloud, but surely that is no reason to ultimately make student’s futures suffer as well as the working citizens’ of today. I guess the argument we are facing is that on one hand it means only the truly determined and financially ‘safe’ students will eventually be our next working generation, however on the other hand, talented, less wealthy and perhaps specifically skilled applicants will suffer. Surely it is unfair to deny this group with great potential of a good further education and life changing experience?
University students from Oxfordshire: Caroline Sara Burchell, 19 and Jessica Harper, 19
I suppose it’s obvious being a student myself I’d have this opinion but there are so many levels to this proposal. I mean in a way it’s all about class discrimination, which surely in a time of equality, technological advancement and power, seems unacceptable. In another way with less prospective students succeeding in their plans after college/school, it will most probably result in the loss of job and a high need of government support from benefits to medical services. I have read that students taking three-year courses charged at £6,000 when also considering living costs will most probably leave university with about a debt of £30,000 and even more astonishingly, if tuition fees go up to £9,000, debts will be closer to £38,000.
Recently the Government say graduates will not start repaying the loans until they are earning £21,000 in the future,which leaves little reassurance for applicants worldwide. Furthermore, a spokesperson for the Department for business innovation and skills said ‘Students should not be worried about fees because the generosity of grants and loans compensate for them. But the fact that the earning of £21,000 is not guaranteed for everyone and a debt in any form is undesirable, leads me to think how unreasonable the government are being. And there is also the risk of various students who will simply take the most expensive course they can, and emigrate on graduation.
Fortunately, those already in further education will remain untainted by the rise in university fees. I’d also be in the same sinking boat otherwise!!!
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