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Between the 1960 and 1990 higher education in Brittan was free.
In 1998 tuition fees were reintroduced at 1000 pounds a year.
In 2004 the tuition fees were raised to 3000 pounds still regarded as ‘’top-up’’ fees
supplementing the states direct grants to unis.
After the 2010 election, university finance got changed as student fees got raised to 9000
pounds, which largely replaced the teaching element in state grants.
State support allowed student fees to be kept low.
English universities are drawing more on the American marketisation.
English tuition fees are higher than public American unis/colleges – Also, American schools
are 4 years.
With tuition fees at 9250 pounds and interest at 6.1%, will push the average student debt on
graduation to 50000 pounds which includes maintenance loans.
Students will have run up 5800 pounds in interest charge before even leaving uni.
Student Loans Company figures show that debt has almost doubled in four years and will
continue to rise.
The current (2018) graduate salary is 23.000 pounds a year.
Teaching ang Higher education act 1998 was published in 1997.
Prior to this, students received maintenance grants which was changed to loans that would
be paid back with a 9 % interest of a grad’s salary over 10.000 pounds.
Eleanor Busby, The Independent, Tuesday 13 March 2018, ‘’ Only one in three students think their
tuition fees are good value for money, survey suggests’’