Are high tuition fees such a bad thing?
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The rise in tuition fees is what ignited the student movement back in 2010 and since then has been a focal point for the student population’s anger towards a Conservative government deemed to be robbing the nation’s young people of opportunity to succeed.
The bitterness towards the rise in fees seems to be universal amongst students, and has continued to spread to other parts of the globe, but are high tuition fees such a bad thing?
From 1998, when Tony Blair’s New Labour government introduced a fee for higher education, until 2010, when the £3,290 a year cap was removed under David Cameron’s Conservative government, the number of young people going to university had been continually rising.
The relatively cheap price for higher education meant that more people were going to university because they were able to, rather than considering whether it was right for them, and looked forward to the bacchanalian joys of Fresher’s Week, the meaningless first year, and th
e unspeakable events of ‘Tour’. Low tuition fees not only meant that more people were going to university, but more people were studying at less prestigious universities, and therefore gaining a less valuable degree. With the vast number of graduates in Britain it is hard to find a job with a 2:1 from a Russell Group university, meaning those studying at other institutions are left facing slim chance of employment and significantly out of pocket.

e unspeakable events of ‘Tour’. Low tuition fees not only meant that more people were going to university, but more people were studying at less prestigious universities, and therefore gaining a less valuable degree. With the vast number of graduates in Britain it is hard to find a job with a 2:1 from a Russell Group university, meaning those studying at other institutions are left facing slim chance of employment and significantly out of pocket.
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