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Nor · 27-01-2004, 21:56

It doesn't matter that I'm from Scotland I'd be for it if it applied to Scottish Universities too. The whole 100k thing was facetious. But.... how can people use the argument that houses cost alot of money so we should get our tertiary education for free. It just doesn't make sense. Education costs alot of money to provide too.

I just believe that too many people are being pushed through the university process without actually giving it much thought. Students paying part of their tuition fee will achieve several things. It'll make students actually think about what real impact a degree will have on their career. It'll enable universities to actually properly provide good services. It'll perhaps result in the death of all these paper and pointless 'david beckham studies' degrees.

I firmly believe that we should pay our way. A good degree will benefit those doing it, therefore they should pay at least a small proportion of the cost if the universities are having funding problems, surely that make sense ? I'm sure if I was about to start university I'd be dead set against it too, but I'd like to think because I'm not, I'm being objective.

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Nor Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Scotland Age: 51 Posts: 1,028	Re: Top up fees It doesn't matter that I'm from Scotland I'd be for it if it applied to Scottish Universities too. The whole 100k thing was facetious. But.... how can people use the argument that houses cost alot of money so we should get our tertiary education for free. It just doesn't make sense. Education costs alot of money to provide too. I just believe that too many people are being pushed through the university process without actually giving it much thought. Students paying part of their tuition fee will achieve several things. It'll make students actually think about what real impact a degree will have on their career. It'll enable universities to actually properly provide good services. It'll perhaps result in the death of all these paper and pointless 'david beckham studies' degrees. I firmly believe that we should pay our way. A good degree will benefit those doing it, therefore they should pay at least a small proportion of the cost if the universities are having funding problems, surely that make sense ? I'm sure if I was about to start university I'd be dead set against it too, but I'd like to think because I'm not, I'm being objective.