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there's some anxiety that there would be a storm of foreign students at British universities if fees were dropped. The UK used to have a system where foreign (
by mafribe 11y ago
there's some anxiety that there would be a storm of foreign students at British universities if fees were dropped.
The UK used to have a system where foreign (= non-EU) students pay significantly more than home-students.
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoThe EU has a population of half a billion people, even if UK/EU fees were dropped and all non-EU fees stayed very high, his point still stands, you'd probably see a ton of European students flock to the UK. And seeing as there's nothing you're allowed to do to prevent discrimination between EU members, they just decided for the UK to be more expensive than everyone else. This keeps UK schools relatively british and generates a ton of money on the comparatively fewer foreigners who still decide to make the trip. It also filters out a lot of the 'bottom socioeconomic class', and that lack of social mobility for them will probably create tons of inequality and friction later down the line. Some of the rates at UK schools are absolutely insane for European standards.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoUsed to? It still does. Consider my university, for example. For the academic year 2015/2016 it will charge £13,000/yr. to international students, versus £9,000/yr. to UK students: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/infohub/finance/tuition-fee-rates-201516-667.php http://www.abdn.ac.uk/infohub/finance/tuition-fee-rates-2015...