Quote:
Originally Posted by danielf
Actually, I'd say that 10 hours of lectures a week is quite a lot if you're serious about preparing for them. That doesn't mean you can't spend some time working (as I'm sure many students do), but certainly not 30/33 hours.
|
Of course.
The point I'm making is that, 40hrs is accepted as a normal working week.
But let's add on top of that at least a couple of extra hours a day, minimum, of extra effort that you should be expected to put in.
That = 50hrs a week of available time for study and work, and I think that is quite conservative, and doesn't include weekends.
So out of that 50hrs - 10hrs direct time for lectures, leaves 40hrs a week.
Even if you use a further 25hrs of that for the rest of your study that would still leave 15hrs a week.
15hrs a week at minimum wage for 50weeks year would still bring in £4,500 a year, less any deductions.
So there's a way of mitigating the increase in tuition fees.