And when Maggie had brought in the options for tenants buy their council house, why did she also stop councils from replenishing their stocks using the monies paid for this purpose so they could make sure there would the capital available to reinvest in social housing for poor people. Did she? Did she hell!!
Now, we have no houses for social tenants to 'bid for'.......only places to line the pockets of richer landlords...and these do not do repairs, and some, or so I saw like that Police Crime officer who had found a good scam of "buying council tenants via 'right to buy' and then robbing the poor once again.
I would love to know up the outcome of the that scam shown on tv this past week........grannyfan Cindy

If you had attended University or funded a child you would appreciate the costs involved...accomodation, food, bills etc and have a realistic view of the situation. So as you see it is not just about £9k fee,s it is paying back student loans, the pressure put on middle class families to support children etc etc.

I (eventually) worked hard for my degree, had to have a job during my degree, didn't live at home, and have left with debts of around £30k.....

So what? I chose to do the degree in the knowledge that my average income will be higher because of it

Look at the US, they charge about 4 times more than we do for a degree, and it certainly hasn't harmed their society,

university should be based on a cost benefit scenario,

if the benefits outway the costs, then do it, if they don't, then don't

I went to University for 14 weeks and realised I was being taught out of date skills on out of date systems, I left, I got a job, I am now qualified in my field beyond masters level, all self funded.

You're not wrong. My parents were just above the boundary so I didn't get a grant or bursary too, meaning I got the minimum loan to pay off my bills and food etc, but my parents were in no position to support me financially.

Mazel tov for doing so well, but a lot of people aren't so lucky.

Same here, but I was on the system where the fees needed to be paid upfront - not like now

You have failed to comment on the realistic view, accomodation costs, fuel ect ..

I chose to do my degree because I was smart enough to do one and it would have been a waste not to. For most of my early graduate career I was earning less than people with no education to speak of at all. Education shouldn't be all about the money.


If I wanted to do things the way they do them in the USA I'd go live there.


I couldn't disagree more strongly. Education should be about realising your full potential.

LUCKY?

believe me, anything I have achieved hasn't been down to luck.

anyway, this just goes to show the inability of some people to vote in regional elections on regional issues.

this thread belongs on the Sin Bin now

You've never had a lucky break? Not one? Ever?

Blimey - how many mirrors did you break as a lad?

Correct, my youngest is a predicted six A and 6 A*, he is an exeptional pupil who has decided to go and do his A'levels. He told us he doubts very much that he will go on to University as he will spend years of his life paying for it, he is considering the Royal Marines or Merhcant Navy tbh...What a waste of potential, this country is a joke when it come's to education!