02-10-2026, 03:07 PM
(02-10-2026, 02:25 PM)Fido Wrote:(02-10-2026, 01:56 PM)man in the corner shop Wrote:(02-10-2026, 08:53 AM)SW4Baggie Wrote: Education should be free - end of story - or at the very least, your first degree up to Masters level should be.
100% agree.
It was for me. And I don't think that the drawbridge should have been pulled up.
What percentage of school leavers went to university when you went to school and what percentage go to university now? I finished my A-levels in 1990 and if I were to have a rough guess of the 150-180 kids that were in the 5th form that maybe 10 or 15% tops went on to uni. We can't escape the scale of expenditure, it's just a case of how you think it should be funded.
Yes that has to be factored in.
Also not every single course offered by Unis should be funded in my fantasy land. I know that this would be a very subjective issue. I recall a degree from my time in "Equine studies". Also recently, Disney studies. If you wanna do that, pay for it yourself would be my attitude but I am sure that other people could make a convincing case that these are relevant and useful.
Maybe a NICE equivalent for state funding of a Uni Course. If it's not on the list, pay for it yourself. I appreciate that this is a slippery slope though and drawing a line wouldn't be easy or even, perhaps, fair.