• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Have you any resources on the tuition being bad, I believe it to be but I keep hearing how it’s a great system that you only pay back upon earning a certain amount.

    • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      As someone whose salary is based on how much tuition others are paying, and who is losing about £1200 per year paying it back, I can categorically say it’s bad from both ends.

      The tuition freeze has essentially meant universities in the UK have had a budget cut every year based on inflation, which is now driving a push towards international recruitment since they pay the bills.

      The higher education sector is increasingly mimicking our school system (a true failure); with universities prioritising progression and student appeal over quality of education. Indeed, we even have our own “opt in” Ofsted (Office For Students), so eager is our government to see us follow the school system into ruin.