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Who Has £9,000 to Spend on Tuition Fees?
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Shadow Wolf
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That would be ideal. Invest a small bit in each person now, get larger returns later on.
The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Because England votes for parties that privatise tuition. You want government-subsidised learning like us? Vote for or form a party that has it as a policy
It would help if we had any parties anymore. Lol.Because England votes for parties that privatise tuition. You want government-subsidised learning like us? Vote for or form a party that has it as a policy
Only £9,000? Mine is $60,000, and that's before the dorm, food, and textbook costs! The key is either for parents to start a fund early (like mine did), or for the person going to go for something where they know the investment is worth it. Going to college for something like poetry or pottery isn't worth the debt.
The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
It's £9k a year for some courses in England. I think that's just the cost for the course - not necessarily any of the costs you've listed there.
Most I know here don't.
Sultan Of Swing
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Because the government does get at least some of the money through the loans. Socialising would cost a heck of a lot. Britain isn't like Germany where less people go to university.
Sultan Of Swing
Well-Known Member
For a £9k course over three years that's £36k near $50k, or over 4 years around $60k, just for the course.
Sultan Of Swing
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The government gets enough greasy students marching in London moaning about it, I'm sure they hear loud and clear.
Yeah I figured it was 9k a year, which sounds crazy to me, since mine is 60k a year, also just for the courses.
Sultan Of Swing
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60k a year?!
Dear me.
Yeah you Americans have it tough. Good luck with that.
Even with £9k a year we only have to pay a small percentage of our salary, and only then if it's over £18k a year, if it goes lower than that then we stop paying back. After around 20 or 30 years, if we still haven't paid back our debt, the government just wipes the slate clean. It isn't that bad.
Socialising would return a heck of a lot. Remember the US post-war G-I Bill, which paid returning G-Is' college costs? That programme returned a 7:1 profit, in increased tax revenues alone, from graduates moving into higher tax brackets.
College is an investment, both socially and monetarily.
Aquitaine
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I wish more people understood this, instead of just thinking about short-term cost cutting.
Ahem......dollar foolish.
We call our cents "pennies".
Aquitaine
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I thought I saw a Pound sign in front of that 9,000.
But if we're going to change to dollars we should change the pennies, too. The smallest US coin is a cent. Pennies are English.
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