On 03/07/2013 22:00, Adrian wrote:
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:52:15 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:

Of course, the costs haven't changed - it's just that the
student pays rather than the taxpayer

The students are *supposed* to pay, but the overwhelming
expectation is that the student's parents pay. I've never seen
newspaper articles on "how to pay your university fees", but
piles and piles of "how to pay your child's university fees".

The fact remains is that {students,parents} now pay all of it
rather than about a third, and the government pays nothing rather
than two thirds.

Umm, no.

Courses are still heavily subsidised for UK students.


No they're not!!

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...6-000-run.html

I have also read that the contact time between university and students
is alarmingly few hours and so real tuition fees per hour are astronomical.

UK Universities do not represent good value for money for students!