So i was just watching the news. seems like the government has won by 21 votes the movement to allow universities in the UK to charge upto a maximum of 9000 pounds per year (just the course fees, this is excluding living costs etc).
cant say im surprised. while the protests had gathered quite a bit of attention and caused a ruckus, i never really thought it was going to have any effect on the decision that from what i feel was already pre-determined in the favour of the universities.
now, after reading the proposal that the government is trying to pass, they seem to be increasing the fees to 9000, as well as raising the minimum annual salary a student has to be earning after they graduate before they start paying the loan back from 15k to 21k, and are increaasing support in the form of grants, bursaries etc.
but my thoughts are simple- a party that promised not to screw students over pre-elections are the ones spear-heading the imminent arserape of students by pretty much going back 100% on their "promises". bearing that in mind, what's really stopping them from saying a couple months down the line "lol forget that. you have to pay the debt off immediately after you finish college regardless of what you're earning. sucks that your daddy aint madonna or prince charles right about now dont it? =D"
9000 pounds? OUCH. That would be around 14,298.30 CAD. Dude, that's over 70% of my annual gross income.
Hell, I'll stay in Canada. A year at UOttawa, which is quite an expensive public school costs maybe 6000 Pound a year. Can't exactly remember. Minimum gross salary in Ontario is 20000 CAD a year (12-13k pounds).
' Wrote:sucks that your daddy aint madonna or prince charles right about now dont it? =D"
I'm actually quite glad that Madonna isn't my Daddy Gurjipants.
But aye, I read an interview with Nick Clegg recently and one of the questions was about him breaking pre-election promises, in this case regarding student fees. His actual answer was "That was then, this is now."
It'll just end up meaning that a university degree means you're loaded, not smart. *sigh*
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' Wrote:It'll just end up meaning that a university degree means you're loaded, not smart. *sigh*
This is known as a return to the bad old days. So much for progressive social ideas in the UK. Hooray for living life based on your daddy's money. Huzzah for perpetuating the wealth within certain family lines.
Also while increasing the minimum salary is good, isn't 21k relatively little?
(has no idea about salaries in UK)
Here average salary in british punds is about 42k/year. Real minimum that you get working in a grocery store is something like 30k/year. Then again everything is more expensive than in UK.
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' Wrote:Here average salary in british punds is about 42k/year. Real minimum that you get working in a grocery store is something like 30k/year. Then again everything is more expensive than in UK.
If that's not a miscalcualtion, I'm heading over to Norway to work in a shop for an easy thirty grand a year.