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Originally Posted by danielf
This will do nothing to increase the quality of education. This is not extra money going to Universities. It is to make up for the fact that the Government is slashing its' contributions to the Universities' teaching budgets by (that's by, not to) two-thirds. What will happen is that the top Universities that will attract students anyway will fare better, while education at the bottom of the pile will be a mass affair with massive classes and little or no resources.
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Universities will be competing for students rather than relying on a block grant and fixed incomes irrespective of quality or relevance of courses. Without being able to get money from the government to offer weird degrees in irrelevant nonsense they can either improve and focus or fail.
It'll also make students more conscious of the quality of their courses. As they pay more they'll expect more and if they aren't getting value for money they will most certainly make sure the institutions know about it.
So saying it'll do nothing is merely equating quality with cash, specifically government cash.
Education at the bottom of the pile is already a mass affair by many accounts.