Introduction

By the end off this essay I will be explain how the system work I will be talking about how education can effect people i will also carry out a research on the background history of how the higher education system and its funding in UK over past years and I will analyse some off the point which I have researched over the internet and analysed .I will show the advantages and disadvantages if higher education should be free

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Higher Education

University is an important right of passage – an opportunity to establish independence, to study on areas of interest and hopefully to do so in, stimulating environment meeting new people, and considering new ideas and .I think it is important that everyone should attend this stage

Higher education is provided for free in by most off the countries, or maybe at a a considerate price , but not in the UK, The UK has presumably more money at the institutions’ disposal. However, it also means that higher education may be not that unaffordable to many people at a lower circumstances.

Scholarships and loans

As we how that there is scholarships and loans available now but scholarships are obviously not going to be available to everyone and the loans are the loan is a big debt after graduating so as you can see the student don’t have a chance in either however to soclize the higher education in the U.K we will need a big overhaul system that will handled with care.

The Government has said half of young people are getting into higher education is failing. Far from rising by around 4 per cent a year. maybe this is why higher education is not free the government cant afford to invest money on student education and student are failing .

Well we should consider education to be an investment.  Statistics suggest that, on average, these with a higher education earn higher incomes.Â

THE Background

When the New Labour took power in 1997, students had means-tested maintenance grants and no fees. After a year they took off the grant was gone and a means-tested fee regime of up to £1,000 a year after 2004 the higher education pushed it up to £3,000 and this will increase very academic year.

As you see that huge increase from 1997 to 2009 the normal fees was 1,000 than was increased to £3250

The means testing will allow poor people and people with low income to go university .Those how are from low income families should still be able to attend university however the middle classes benefits the most from university education

At the moment there has been a very high drop out rate from university and the reason is because students have to drop out because they can’t afford the fee

Funding

Must universities in Britain are state financed, with only one private university “University of Buckingham” where the government does not support the tuition fees.

Undergraduate and posgradute

Undergraduate students and the students from EU countries have to pay university fees up to a maximum of £3,225 09/10.

Loans are available to students depending on there income assist. This may only be used for tuition fee costs. However in Scotland it different they have their fees paid by the students awards agency for Scotland rather than student Finance.. However postgraduate students are responsible for all there fees but however postgraduate have a variety of scholarship and assistantship schemes they might chooses from that may provide support e.g Economic and social research council and many more .The main sources of funding for postgraduate students are through research councils

Advantages of making Higher Education Free

Here are some off the advantages points

Higher Education leads to situations this is when students graduating end up having extremely high debt on them this was lead to the student loan . Also if higher education was free student will take extra courses which is more effectively