@rizhusain It was obviously different back then? The fact that they taught you everything was free. Lecturers, rent, gas, electricity, building maintenance, secretaries, cleaning staff, teachers, infrastructure.etc
Makes you wonder why people become Lecturers if they have to work for free?
@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis IT'S NOT FREE. What part of that don't you get? The taxpayers pay. Including those on minimum wage. So stop calling it free. And yes many took advantage of it
@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis So you want "free" University and somehow you know how to tax everyone "fairly" to pay for it? How much will the infrastructure and work involved cost? But, I say again. Free education up until 18 and if you're not prepared to invest in yourself, are you serious about it?
@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis You have no idea how much I put into the economy. If I stuck with engineering, I would be earning a lot less.
Plus I go back to my original point. The country is broke and I'd rather the billions it would cost to finance Harry Potter degrees, be put into the NHS.
@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis Yes. Got a 2.1 in Engineering. I then decided to take up a plumbing apprenticeship. Hopefully I will pay the full student fees back if everything continues as it does now. I chose to invest in my future, even if I took another path. It would be wrong for someone else to pay
@defab14_defab@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @MartinSLewis HOW IS IT FREE? Do lecturers not charge? Are all the bills magically waved away. Everyone paying tax, pays for it. How is that incorrect?
@GlennMatthews1@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis You've conveniently picked on 10% of courses. And there's a discussion to had about STEM subjects. But my point is still the same. Why should poor people pay for someone to get a higher paid job/career? Why not invest in yourself? If your that passionate?
@rizhusain @DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis Someone has to pay. Like in Scotland, everyone pays for it, whether you go to Uni or not. How is that fair?
@DavidFl79241096 @defab14_defab@MartinSLewis They're taking 1.5 billion off pensioners, but you want 10's of billions paid to students? Have you heard there's no money? Why wouldn't someone over 18 want to invest in their own future? Rather than crippling the rest of the country. We get free education up to 18. Perfect!