Tester Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 The anxiously awaited university application figures are due next week. They will show that the introduction of "top-up" fees is having an impact on the demand for university places in England. However, soundings suggest they will be down by only a few percentage points which, after last's year spike in demand, will not yet ring alarm bells or suggest school-leavers are abandoning the idea of going to university. This will be a great relief to the government which, with its hands full on schools policy, would not welcome a re-run of concerns over the effects of higher university fees. Nevertheless these are anxious times for universities. While student demand is healthy at present, there is a big demographic decline looming from 2010 when the number of 18-year-olds in the population goes into a long and steady decline. BBC: Universities Face Foreign Slump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Have no idea why anyone would pay for a degree these days. In the good old days only the middle class had them so that they were a self perpetuating elite. Now everyone's got one and hence it offers no competitive edge whatsoever. And so those with the best contacts get the good private sector jobs... and its a self perpetuating elite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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