Comment on Golden age of English universities could be over, says head of watchdog
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 months ago
domestic undergraduate fees remaining frozen since 2012
Not untrue, but they like tripled or quadrupled fees a few years before then, so I’m pretty sure it still accounts for inflation.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Yep but those increases in UK student fees rarely resulted in increases to uni funding. As it was matched with government funding drops/ Ala austerity.
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Right, so uni fees don’t need raising, they need funding given back.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Yep that was the point I was making.
I’d add fees need reducing or removing. Not entirely for the unis. More for the value to our nation. Fees leave in debt students who find it harder to avoid future academic progression.
This leaves the nation with only the children of more wealthy parents moving into advanced education. Removing a huge potential from lower classes.
This of course removes potential for invention and discovery within the UK.