General Discussion
As Sainsbury's actually getting around to starting work at Shutterton Bridge would be such an event I would have thought it would have had coverage in the local newspapers. But try as I might I can't find anything. Has Sainsbury's actually confirmed that building work will commence shortly? And if so, to whom?
Actually, here is my final posting. Thought I'd give you this link just in case you would like to have more idea of the repayment issue (but which will apply to English students only remember). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1328298/Graduate-debt-trap-Students-paying-loans-children-university.html
What bit of the issue I have tried bringing to your attention - namely the inequality of the amount of tuition fees to be charged to a student depending on which country within the UK s/he comes from - is it that you don't grasp? The amount you quote above may be what it is anticipated will get paid back by an English student - but a Scottish student would have no tuition fees at all to pay back ...
@PJD Take it then that you don't use and have never used the NHS? Take it then that you didn't go to school? Take it then that you don't think we should have a police force? And the armed services..... You see you are, and have been, kept by others all of whom are paid for by.........public money. And as I have said before, on the issue of English students being expected to pay far more than ...
@lazlo woodbine 1. It will be more than a couple of quid per week. 2. Can't speak for other electricians but my nephew doesn't work 60hours a week for his £35K pa. 3. Absolutely feel for your neighbour. I also know of people who have spent hundreds on tools, etc whilst doing apprenticeships only to be laid off once qualified. My brother-in-law also spent a large sum, after he had been made ...
But it won't be a debt of £9,000, will it? It will be more than that. Minimum of £6,000 pa for tuition fees x 3 years plus student loans and various other debts accrued up to £9,000 pa for tuition fees x 5 years or possibly longer plus student loans plus various other debts accrued. But this is for English students only remember as Scottish students pay no tuition fees and Welsh (and N. Irish ...
These links may be of interest. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8171825/Higher-tuition-fees-but-only-if-you-are-English.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325364/Scotland-raise-tuition-fees-English-undergraduates.html
@lazlo woodbine : yes fees are repayable after completion of degree and when graduates are earning more than £21k pa (and if you look at the earlier posts you will see this ground has already been covered). interest will be charged. Agree that it is deplorable that those who seek apprenticeship/traineeships should be paid so badly. Also think that help should be forthcoming for books, tools, ...
Passing the buck- and a lot of the money will no longer be available as Pickles has just cut local government grants massively. Every parish and district council doing its own thing? Recipe for chaos. Look what devolution did for prescription charges and university tuition fees! Postcode lottery going mad.
@PJD If you agree that "there should be some equality in all this" do you accept that it is unfair that an English student will have far more to pay back then, say, a Scot or a Welsh student in terms of tuition fees? Whilst I would love for university educaiton to be free of charge as it presently is in Scotland (but for Scottish and EU students only though), I recognise that it is probably ...
