Each year thousands of men and women become students at universities around the world, however the UK is starting to become an unpopular choice with the maximum tuition fees currently sitting at £9000 per year in England and Wales. However, there is evidence to show that this figure could more than double to nearly £20,000 in the near future.
Students are already facing financial difficulties, with the current tuition fees. With the UK recently facing a double-drop credit crunch and the employment situation still far behind David Cameron's goals, fewer students are being able to afford the essential needs in order to afford university.
Often the public forget that the sum for university is not just simply £9000 per year, but you have to add on the cost of accommodation, food and other necessities on top of this cost for the education. As a result, if fees more than double it means higher education isn't available to everyone and only the minuscule percentage of people who can afford it will be able to attend.
An article by the Independent suggest that universities can't afford the number of students who attend and therefore they require students to pay even higher tuition fees. Although, whatever the outcome, if fees rise, the UK will lose out on the number of highly educated people it previously produced.
References:
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/how-much-university-leader-predicts-20000-tuition-fees-for-students-8929018.html
CATEGORY: EDUCATION and SOCIETY
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