What's nice about unlimited university fees is that this helps keep out the unwashed masses. You know, the type that Lord Browne would hope to never have to see let alone share a classroom with at school. It's refreshing in this day and age when someone of privilege - with a title no less! - can comfortably proclaim his adoration for the good old days when only the right people could afford to attend the right schools. Who better than Lord Browne could fully understand the dynamics of supporting or not supporting up-and-coming universities?
Some might say that because he was educated at Cambridge and Stanford he is an elitist and has no appreciation for the less fortunate who already struggle to fund their way through higher education. But really, as long as the right people continue to dominate the halls of Oxford and Cambridge, who really cares about the rest? Ahhh, change that feels so right. The Guardian:
Universities should be allowed to decide what they charge students under a radical shake-up of higher education which would see the existing cap on tuition fees lifted.
A new system of financing universities will allow for a 10% increase in student places to meet rising demand for a degree-level education, the Browne review proposes.
Graduates will start repaying the cost of their degrees when they start earning £21,000 a year, up from £15,000 under the current system, the review recommends.
