Universities Competing

sellotape100m's picture
Fri, 07/15/2011 - 22:13
by sellotape100m

Students in the UK may see universities competing for their presence if the latest higher education plans comes in to action.

Universities may compete against one another and private sector higher education facilities in order to woo students as well as becoming more accountable for the quality of their taught courses.

So do you hold out to see which uni is going to be the best on what it has to offer or if it is cheaper ?

bordercollie's picture
Sun, 07/24/2011 - 23:00
by bordercollie

That sounds like a case of the more money you have you can afford to pay for the more costly uni and hope to come out with better grades.

I personally would say you only get out of a uni what you put in to it. Ok you get various grades such as gceee's that you need to take a particular course so why should someone have to pay a shed load more money to take the same course and another uni.

I mean to say it is not even if wages have even gone up to incorporate the daily living costs so how are people going to pay more for a uni course.

Darrell

mouse4u1's picture
Mon, 08/01/2011 - 00:27
by mouse4u1

These uni's are getting to greedy if you ask me.

I just don't understand how a majority of people will be able to pay all these uni fees. Most of them will end up trying to hold down night jobs and study in the day to make ends meet but at the end of the day what good will that do them when they keel over and cork it.

If you uni's should be reading this then I and many others suggest that you need to restructure your system.

Mouse

the.gofa's picture
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 16:57
by the.gofa

Tongue These universities should pull there blooming finger out of some where and get there selfs sorted out.

Of course there are going to be people from a background that has less fund available to them and need a little help with there courses.

There may be the ones with loads of cash and do not need to work as it is already there for them on a plate but it dose not mean to say just because they have a bit of cash they are going to pass every course they are doing.

I think they need to take a close look at who has done what and if need be have a second list and take lucky dip out of it so as they get a selection of people. I can understand a uni wanting to have high pass rates but that is up to the students and what the lecturers put in to the courses as to the results they get.

Don't pay the university staff so much much put more back in for a change instead of half of them driving around in Bentleys !.

Jamie

mouse4u1's picture
Sun, 08/21/2011 - 08:30
by mouse4u1

Well according to the news I heard that something like 64000 students had got places in to university but there was still a lot more to find places.

It is said that even if they go next year and what ever money they owe after there courses are complete they would not pay anything back until they was earning £21,000 plus urm I would not mind taking home 21K a year after tax & N.I.

I don't know what sector they are going to work in as there dose not seem to be many jobs about.
It all sounds like madness to me.

Stare

Mouse

a69squirrel's picture
Sun, 08/28/2011 - 22:09
by a69squirrel

Most interesting comments Mouse. Urm I wonder if I tell the bank - sorry I can not pay the credit card as I am not earning 21K and see what they say to that. Most likely a court case for non payment.

I think all these students who can should get a part time job to help fund there selfs even if it is only a few hours that will not affect any studying.

iswim2011's picture
Sun, 09/04/2011 - 18:04
by iswim2011

So students going to uni next year will be better off by not paying anything until they earn 21K plus.

I don't know on that one I really don't.

I still like the idea in telling the bank sorry I can not pay any of my credit cards and £1500.00 overdraft off because I am not earning over 21K. Pure quality

Marcus

bordercollie's picture
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 18:40
by bordercollie

I told my bank I could not pay the overdraft or the credit cards and they said we will keep putting the charges on your accound gladly.

SO may be I have to be a student then.

This university competing larking is just going crazy and I am at a loss for words.

Darrell

bodgeitfornow's picture
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 16:19
by bodgeitfornow

I like the idea of make the students get a part time job to put some money back in to the economy weather it be at a fast food joint or sweeping the streets part time. It would not do them any harm and at least they can say they have done there bit. Why the hell should the tax payer have to fork out all the time, it's high time the tax payer got some money back !!

These uni's are all as bad as each other out for every penny.

bordercollie's picture
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 17:03
by bordercollie

Send them all litter picking on a weekend and also give them a job as a traffic warden that should keep them out of bother. Just think of all the money the local council will save on litter picking and all the cash they get in from parking tickets.

So everyone is a winner there then.

Darrell

iswim2011's picture
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 20:59
by iswim2011

It sounds like all the uni's are out to make a quick quid and they can be choosey of whom they take in to go on the courses they offer at a high fee rate.

Marcus

a69squirrel's picture
Wed, 11/09/2011 - 15:47
by a69squirrel

Sounds about right Marcus.

I heard on the radio that student may be expected to stage a demonstration again at some point on the fees that they have to pay.

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