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Richest students to pay for extra places at UK's best universities

80 replies

breadandbutterfly · 09/05/2011 22:02

The bastards.

www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/09/universities-extra-places-richest-students?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

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breadandbutterfly · 10/05/2011 08:28

On the BBC news now, in a remarkably uncritical report:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13343824

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siasl · 10/05/2011 08:27

I don't see a problem. If rich foreign students can pay to get themselves on to a course at a university, why shouldn't British students be able to do the same?

Either you stop everybody (British or foreign) paying to get themselves on the course or you allow everybody. Otherwise you are discriminating against British students.

I don't like the idea that anybody can pay to get themselves on a course. I'd prefer it to be purely on ability. However, given that I'm told the "edueconomy" is so important to the UK, then if universities are going to want to offer courses to affluent foreigners then affluent British students might aswell be allowed the same opportunity.

lionheart · 10/05/2011 08:26

Has this been widely reported in the news today or buried under Jemima Khan?

TotallyUtterlyDesperate · 09/05/2011 22:57

For once, words fail me!

ohmyfucksy · 09/05/2011 22:04

For God's sake.

Although that is basically the position now for postgraduates. It's not that difficult to get a place on a masters, even at a very good uni, if you can afford the fees. If you can't, then you might as well forget it because funding is as rare as hen's teeth and only about the top 30 students in that subject in the country will get it...