My idea for the Progressive manifesto is a fairer funding system for university tuition. This would be achieved by introducing a graduate tax so that essentially students contributions were relevent to what they financially gained from their degrees.
Jack Storry
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7 Responses to “Fairer funding for university tuition”
Meandering Mammal
What’s the basis for saying that this is ”fairer”?
A couple of years after graduation the fact that one has a degree becomes pretty meaningless in terms of promotion, and equally the example above assumes that the individuals are of otherwise equal ”competence” for both roles. Clearly the examples are intended to press the right buttons; charity worker good, banker BAD!!!!!! The argument may be more credible using a less emotive case.
We make many choices in our careers, we all have different skills and competencies. Promotion may depend on interpersonal skills, preference, meeting the right person at the right time.
Personally speaking my current role has little to do with my degree, and everything to do with the skills I developed following graduation.
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For those expecting a good financial return on their degree, would this not create an incentive to pay to study at a university outside the UK, paying only the cost of one’s education, rather than potentially paying over the odds through a lifetime of extra taxation?