I see nothing wrong with private education Jake as long as the parents can afford it. It's not as if they get a tax rebate for actually paying for their children's education.
30+ (just) female graduate reporting for duty... Never been married, no children, worked since I was 18... Currently PA in the NHS for child protection... I think I might have given a little something back.
I reckon that students are going to become more savvy shoppers regarding which degree to take where and what the benefit would be..Uni's are going to have to really justify higher charges.
That's certainly true in the IT sector. I do quite a lot technical interviews on behalf of clients and, generally speaking, the more time a candidate has spent in further education the less suited they will be for anything but a junior trainee.
IT graduates especially seem to have learnt little but theory which is (at least) 20 years out of date...
Actually, just thought, my four closest female friends and around teh same age also have never been married, do not have children and are respectively a charity fundraiser co-ordinator type thing (put her media degree to good use), two solicitors and an occupational therapist... I think like with anything, it's easy to stereotype but jaydar's experience of female graduates certainly isn't mine.
Not taking it personally, just pointing out the flaw in your argument in that you can't make sweeping judgements like that based just on the people you know, far too subjective. That said, I do think that choosing to do a degree in something that will be actively useful to you in your later job (whatever that may be) is entirely sensible and I do think that a lot of people I know who did 'performing arts' tend to fill a lot of administrative posts these days... I think you have to be realistic as well.
That is quite a high amount especially considering that taught time on degrees is quite low so are essentially paying to do self study! However, people will still pay it and is the same increase as when they went up previously from around £1000 to over £3000 a year.
Is a registered charity not exempt from tax? Eton, for example, would need to increase its fees if it wasn't a charity. That means we pay part of the cost of educating the children of the rich.
Thing is Red, kids these days think that University is just a natural progression fromschool and expect to go and often really don't think of why they are going and what they plan to do after their degree. I blame a lot of this on the education system where schools push everybody towards university - probably to get the schools good ratings. This will perhaps make the kids think. Those that really want a degree and are prepared to work hard to get a good qualification will not baulk a getting a loan.