Higher Education - Free for all or Fee for all? Reviews

First let me make it clear that I believe students should pay their owm way. I believe in teaching people the value of work, independence, self-reliance, etc. That probably sounds a little rich coming from someone who actually got a full grant, and didn't have to pay tuition fees. On the other hand I did work in all my holidays anyway, and had ...

So you have your “easier” A-Levels or proper ones with your three year social or academic degree lined up.Now your parents have to pay for it.Remember that the top ten universities are very selective on their intake and don’t want their elite pupils working part time to supplement the drinking. The first year is usually ...

If you went to University before 1998, count yourselves very, very lucky. Unfortunately, I went in that year, and as a result, I have had to pay a grand total of £3075 in tuition fees. Although I understand the arguments for paying for education, there are several compelling reasons for why, if there does have to be a pay system for higher ...

I don' believe we should make University free at all. The reason people go to University is to learn for a particular job they want to do when they grow up. So you have to actually want to learn that subject to cause you to go to University, as it's so hard to hold down a job and study at the same time. If you made Universities free then ...

Despite being an opinionated person, my opinions on this subject are a little contradictory. I'll try and thrash out my thoughts as I type. First of all, Higher Education is expensive. I'm not daft, I think that spending money on the NHS is more important than sending people to university. Strangely though despite introducing fees ...

Is it me or is the average working man constantly being penalised? If my parents had been unemployed for the last 20 years I would not be paying any tuition fees. As it is I am paying over a thousand pounds a year that my parents cannot afford. My loan will pay for my accomodation but will not cover fees or food so, although I have a part-time ...

If you're a Scot and go to a Scottish Uni then cool, no tuition fees but if you are like myself and thousands other and are a Scot at an English Uni, then time to pay up big time! That sucks. I can fully see the point of tuition fees but in no way agree with them. I have just finished my first year and I already owe the loan ...

I am a second year student at york uni and I think I have heard pretty much all the arguments for and against tuition fees and means tested loans. And to be quite honest, I really don't know what all the fuss is about. I would like to dispell a few myths here, and to show that they are both entirely justified in principle, even if some ...

In theory I am of the opinion that education should be free for all. Why should any one with potential be denied the chance of further education due to insufficient funds? However I also believe that those who can afford to pay the fees should. Face it those who pay fees are generally the ones who can afford to do so. Whereas those who ...

As promised here is my long awaited opinion on tuition fees. As some of you may know I feel very strongly about this so I have chose to write it in a letter format to the one and only Tony Blair. Dear Mr Blair, I am a university student and have just finished my second year. At the minute my cupboards are bare and I’m ...

I was one of the first batch of students who had to face tuition fees when I entered higher education, this opinion outlines the unfortunate yet rather clear case in favour of them, I don’t know how many “not useful” ratings I’ll get for this, but here are the facts. I started my Bachelor’s degree in autumn ...

As somebody who is completing a computer programming course at the moment which has been paid for by my employer I have been wanting to further my studies. However my employer does not wish to support me this time around so the advent of the Individual Learning Account (ILA) has come as a gift from God. To be eligible the following ...

I am just coming to the end of a great first year at the University of Hull and have completely changed my opinions on everything regarding university life since, but especially on fees. Living in acommodation with 26 other people has opened my eyes to real life. Most of those people just want to laze around all day, smoke dope and drink ...

As a second-year student at the University of Manchester I'd like to add a few facts and a few of my thoughts to this debate... When New Labour came to power four years ago, we were told that their priorities were "education, education, education." And in my opinion, they've delivered on this. Good quality ...

The topic of student fees is one that makes my blood boil. As a student myself, it will take me years to pay off my student loan and unlike most of my peers at Glasgow who are Scottish, as I came from outside Scotland, I had to pay for my tuition fees of £1000 a year. Am I envious of my fellow (Scottish ) students? In a word...YES! It is ...

I was disgusted to hear last week that students from coventry had been denied the chance to take their final year and exams. Because they couldnt pay. Do we honestly care anymore about education, or would we rather increase the potential of travel, and look good for Europe, probably. The amount of students travelling into further ...

In the summer of 1997, i went along to a mobile phone shop and got what i thourgh would be a great offer.... the phone i got was contracted and everything went fine until, i decided to change the phone at the end of my twelve months. so i went along to my mobile phone shop and got the new phone (no problem there), i asked about cancelling my ...

Naw, I'm not talking about organ trade here ;) What I mean is that I would be very much in favour of a scheme that, instead of *just* settig the Uni fees according to what someone's parents earn or don't earn, also considers a student's grades and actual ABILITY to study at Uni. FIRST OFF, A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT ...

I am a student currently in my final year and yes...I do have to pay my fees. Of the £1075 I pay all of them. And now because my sister has finished university I only get the minimum amount of loan £2450 because the LEA reckon my parents can afford more for me - even though she is doing her masters and my parents are still supporting her ...

I was one of the unlucky people to begin their degree when Tony Blair took over 10 Downing Street. Out of the blue he demanded £1000 a year from my family. I agree that tuition fees are useful, it is important that the government can fund our time at Uni. However, wacking a £1000 bill in front of us before we had time to save is hardly fair. The ...