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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Perhaps the lesson to learn then is that maybe we should protest (or even riot) when a decision is made to drag us into being peacemakers yet again..Maybe we should leave it to Europe to make those sorts of decisions?
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If the government leave those sorts of decisions to Europe we should definitely protest.
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Originally Posted by Damien
I really think that your all approaching this at the wrong angle. It's going to be less than 10% after intervention from the PM. The cuts were going to be more drastic which we are led to believe is vital hence the termination of many new schools being built, social services being quite badly cut it would seem, university funding being slashed and students required to pay the highest tuition fees in the world instead.
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It should be noted that claim was made by the University and College Union and has methodological issues, not least of which being that it leaves out private Universities, which charge prodigious fees, and doesn't account for that in some places, such as the US, degree courses are 4 years.
It doesn't take account of various variations either, for example that some institutions have varying levels of fees depending on where in the country the student is from, bursaries, charitable donations to universities that fund courses, etc, etc, etc.
It's a nice easy comparison and a misleading one which conveniently suits the UCU point of view. Their solution is that, because companies benefit so much from this education, the government should raise corporation tax and abolish tuition fees. I'm sure employers such as my own would be fine with that given their last 3 hires were from outside the UK as no suitable and qualified candidates were available.
Regarding other cuts I'll wait and see what the spending review has to say.