Comments on: University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: The next sub-prime crisis may be an educational lesson just a little too late | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-4/#comment-169537 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:36 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-169537 […] See also: • University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students 30 Jan […]

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By: Ed's Talking Balls https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-4/#comment-157879 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:56:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157879 In reply to Patrick.

Labour’s fees were good. The Coalition’s fees are evil. Clearly you didn’t get the memo.

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By: Political Me UK https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157915 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:08:27 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157915 University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students, writes @ucu's Sally Hunt: http://t.co/SyVMeGjk

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By: Newsbot9 https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157858 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157858 In reply to Patrick.

They are.

And when the loan instalments for many students are late again, there’s no chance they’ll be able to come up with them – already a massive problem, but now something which is going to become even worse and it’s going to hurt even MORE perfectly good student’s education.

Thanks for supporting that.

And that’s before you realise that losing money to go to University is dumb.

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By: Adam https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157837 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157837 In reply to Patrick.

And you seem to have the same short-sightedness the Tories have. Have you ever entertained the possibility that knowing the huge amount they have to repay after will put them off?

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By: Andre Knulst https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157778 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:01:37 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157778 University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students http://t.co/yWr5uKah

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By: Islingtonmillacademy https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157726 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:29:11 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157726 University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students, writes @ucu's Sally Hunt: http://t.co/SyVMeGjk

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By: David Warren https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157632 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:37:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157632 In reply to Charles Addison.

No, my gripe is that they imposed something on England that the devolved legislatures wouldn’t dare impose on their own countries. At the same time, those MPs from Scotland and Wales knew that no voters in England could vote them out next time. Finally, no MP who had free university tuition had any business pulling up the ladder after them.

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By: Patrick https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157630 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:20:00 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157630 How exactly do fees “put up barriers?” Students don’t have to start repayments until after they graduate, after they find a job, and above a certain salary. So why is it “harder” for anyone to attend? It’s exactly the same. To read these articles you’d think that students were being asked to stump up £15K in a lump sum at the start of the course.

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By: Girl Interrupted https://leftfootforward.org/2012/01/university-applications-down-nine-per-cent-more-for-mature-students/comment-page-3/#comment-157727 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:04:46 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=46432#comment-157727 University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students, writes @ucu's Sally Hunt: http://t.co/SyVMeGjk

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