UK cost of learning crisis: New threats to students' futures?

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17 күн бұрын

Education is the key to a better future - at least that's what we've always been told. The cost of getting a degree is on the rise in the UK, saddling graduates with massive debts.
So is going to university still a good investment?
Guests:
Colin Alexander
Senior Lecturer in Political Communications at Nottingham Trent University
Rose Stephenson
Director of Policy and Advocacy at Higher Education Policy Institute
Tia O’Donnell
Campaigner for Tuition Fees Refund
Graeme Atherton
Head of the Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up at the University of West London
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@teamcopro652 14 күн бұрын

She's right to ask for a refund for the part of education she didn't receive! Since one has to pay to go to uni, it's only fair to expect the service to be comprehensive.

@elizabethd3434 13 күн бұрын

The issue is with the Student Loans Company which runs the lending programmes. They are free to increase the interest rates at any time, even if you have signed fixed rate contract. Last year my rates were changed without a letter and added 5 years to my repayments. This is a government organisation so it’s any easy way to generate extra taxes.

@SW-fy8pq 10 күн бұрын

My son is a British student but he rejected offers from UCL and Manchester for universities in Hong Kong. It is too expensive to study in the UK.

@givenchy3334 11 сағат бұрын

Hong Kong cheaper than manchester? Lol

@houseadj9769 14 күн бұрын

To be fair, refund is a good start to make a good impression not only for national students but also for the international students since uk gets huge numbers of students every year. Like he said north of england is just reliant on students for their livings.

@bdh711 11 күн бұрын

Not for international students, they chose to come here to study knowing how high the fees are. Every country has good unis

@houseadj9769 11 күн бұрын

@@bdh711 Oh don’t get me wrong i think it’s all about fairness. Students feel they did not deserve what they’ve got to deserve so ask for the right. It’s kinda sad like deviding and withdrawing some parts of the group..we are all students…struggle to make ends meet…no offense or anything..

@ZerooNOS 10 күн бұрын

Im going to assume here she did a degree in like 'Art' or 'History' or another degree which generally, unless your family has the contacts or you can be sure to establish them... is pointless, unless you settle to be a teacher. Im not sure what refund she wants, if shes not in higher paid work, she wont even have to pay for the degree she physically signed up for. Nobody has actually sold her anything, she found the course, and applied. It's not the Universities fault that she didn't do her homework. This is honestly like trying to return a car 4 years later because the sunroof wont open.

@_amos1457 10 күн бұрын

A degree is not a guarantee of your career success, you couldn’t ask for refund once you can’t find a good job after your study.

@user-ly8rn6iy5w 15 күн бұрын

We cannot all study in London and we cannot all be artists

@CharlottePaige-rg2kq 10 күн бұрын

Avoid as they say the arty farty subjects there are no job prospects. Please take my advice. These departments need to be closed down!!!!Don't go to university if you cannot become a qualified teacher, engineer or doctor

@twisted_void Күн бұрын

My degree fee were less than 10k for three years. I graduated in 2011. If I graduated 3 years later I would pay around 30k for the exactly the same degree. So, triple the cost for exactly the same degree. I don’t see how that’s fair.

@peteturner8493 14 күн бұрын

Presumably the costs were known beforehand the decison had already been taken....am I missing something?

@Alejandroramirez-ch6xf 9 күн бұрын

Fees were 9.000£ for so long? universities will broke if someone does not cover the increase that the students are not covering right now.

@syedadeelhussain2691 14 күн бұрын

Nordic, German and French universities usually don't charge fees. In such a case studying is an enjoyable and less risky experience. But, where students invest thousands of dollars/pounds, then the financial burden is carried forward. Also, apart from the top 5 or 7 UK Universities, others don't actually help students develop skills. What is the point of getting a degree if there is zero skill development and skill deficits in the economy persist? Not worth investing time or money!! Better opt for a polytechnic.

@henrytan5588 5 күн бұрын

Yes we still have a choice between a Degree and a technical Trade - electrician plumber plasterer roofer boiler technician ..all these trades attract high incomes..There is then tension between a Degree in Electrical engineering and a draft man in Electrical Power Systems. The draft man would have 3/4 years work experience . Whereas the Degree engineer will start with a lower salary plus a £70,000 Student Loan.

@user-ly8rn6iy5w 15 күн бұрын

I finished my master degree when Covid was well over and we were allowed to meet. My uni decided to keep all lectures online. I feel scammed because I didn’t get the chance to meet my peers and network. What’s the benefit of going if you can’t get good lectures and make friends?

@janmichaelvincentgarcia6988 14 күн бұрын

My take is that one doesn’t go to Uni to network and socialize? Mostly, you push the boundaries of your understanding and learn something?

@malehachowdhury5614 12 күн бұрын

@@janmichaelvincentgarcia6988 then why pay thousands of pound when I can "push my understanding" for free using youtube?

@Aquacrystal78 11 күн бұрын

@@janmichaelvincentgarcia6988 But Networking helps in practical life, when you are looking for Jobs and what's the next in the field pursued.

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

Parental support is very ambitious word choice, there’s a huge difference between providing for young adults and paying for young adult expenses!

@thethrowbackguy4319 14 күн бұрын

The debt doesn’t even feel real. I don’t feel the weight of it

@Fullaimme 10 күн бұрын

All my friends that went to university are now tenants of mine. 😂

@BikSmash 2 күн бұрын

Median salary is $12000 or more ... I mean isn't there a survey done in the UK given the title of the video is about UK students?

@davidc4408 10 күн бұрын

Bro ya dont need go education way. .i got 3 gcse - 1 D and 2E. Just stupid papers. I working brick layer making mad money. Am stacking geeez ma bro

@-_-11k52 7 күн бұрын

No way would I ever go to university today. So not worth it. Saddle yourself with a huge debt? No thanks.

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

Social services, social life’s are definitely getting blocked by financial services requirements.

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

Having a degree doesn’t garantee a job even if the job in question requires a degree.

@eleniderez860 14 күн бұрын

They should give her the refund but she should give her degree back

@SN-tv9eb 14 күн бұрын

Just work and pay it off in 10 -15 years. What is the problem?

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

What about public and private settlements and public fairness?!

@SN-tv9eb 14 күн бұрын

What massive debt? Still cheap, being subsidised by foreigners. Too much complaining

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

She got a degree, there’s no value of service other than a degree?!

@ozzzer 4 күн бұрын

What is the real cost of a student for the unversity?

@duaxsn3470 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for painting your ear for Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤

@Jonnyicey 14 күн бұрын

@@duaxsn3470 what about the hostages still held by hamas?

@ezrapigatt9707 10 күн бұрын

Let’s be real there are some people who make more money from a skill set that require a degree. Skills that pay the bills that people don’t want to do ie plumber, electrician…… I attended University in The UK back in 2010-2013 and I am American.

@bobbybannerjee5156 15 күн бұрын

Sounds like America. And increasingly, the whole world.

@siphomahlangu5531 15 күн бұрын

Even in South africa

@johnoldfield2390 4 күн бұрын

Education sector is different to universities and government

@michaelgerardcondon8531 14 күн бұрын

Try the cost if usa universities . Almost bankrupted my mum and dad . In 1980 it 150 thousand

@GiambattistaRossi 14 күн бұрын

you want low taxes.... this is what you pay for

@michaelgerardcondon8531 14 күн бұрын

@GiambattistaRossi my father payed extremely high taxes in the united states as a new york city attorney. In fact almost 50 percent of his salary . So it is just plain ignorance to think Americans pay less tax . In fact we are taxed to death and get nothing for it . 20 thousand property tax . Council tax is capped and fair . Outrageous medical insurance premiums . 700 my mom payed a month it goes on and on . Dual national living permanently in England. You don't know how good you have it .

@GiambattistaRossi 14 күн бұрын

@@michaelgerardcondon8531 i am referring to the UK.... USA education is a disaster .... a burst bubble

@michaelgerardcondon8531 14 күн бұрын

@GiambattistaRossi it is a disaster. Sadly when I grew up uk education was free and the government also payed your upkeep. They have done away with both sadly and the nhs is on its way out like nhs dentists . Also the privatisation of rail has made it to expensive for the average family to see the country. I have come back and forth since I was a kid . Unfortunately both countries ###### in different ways .

@Jonnyicey 14 күн бұрын

Virtue signalling by the lady with the painted ear... No place for it in this video

@MoeMa4 14 күн бұрын

Seethe or cope, your choice. And it looks like you have chosen the seething option. So, marinate in those feelings!

@Jonnyicey 14 күн бұрын

@@MoeMa4 yeah... okay 🤷‍♂️

@Type_xo 7 күн бұрын

International students in China, suffered most related to medical studies.

@James-yl3kk 14 күн бұрын

What's on her ear?

@-_-11k52 7 күн бұрын

You go girl! Hope you get a refund!

@apatrida33 9 сағат бұрын

No comments.😅

@AfriscopeTV 12 күн бұрын

How does raising your consciousness pay my bills?

@jimbojimbo6873 13 күн бұрын

What’s on that one ladies ear?

@crazy_cat17 12 күн бұрын

The flag of Palestine, I think

@maxineh.6763 14 күн бұрын

The real gripe is to blame the British government and political leaders that have supported macroeconomic/trade policies such as Brexit that have destabilize the economy causing increased competition for jobs among college graduates. In a society with rigid social mobility, prospective college students from working-class backgrounds will find obtaining a college degree ever more elusive!

@msayed25 10 күн бұрын

Viva Palestine.

@user-pw2rl3zi4q 3 күн бұрын

Still with this cost, students come here for study and govt don't want to give jobs to immigrants while they wants to give aslyum to illegal immirants. Reducing the higher salary for work visa would be a good thing to these students, atleast give jobs to these students than getting more people from abroad.