TUITION FEES

Origins

• First introduced in 1998
• Students were required to pay up to £1,00/year.
• This increased to £3,000/year in 2004.
• Increased again to £3,290/year in 2010.

The Browne Review

• Published on 12th October 2010
• Proposed that Uni fees no longer have a cost cap
• This sparked huge protests across the country
• http://bbc.in/s3jTRZ

But the bill was passed...

• Cost of most Uni courses:
• Min. £6,400 to £9,000 (per year)

EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES

• Student riots resorted in large scale police deployment
• Paramedics would have also been on full alert with all the injuries
• Firefights called out to put out fires
• Tuition fees effected the policing college

EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITY

• Lots of young people now opt not to go to Uni
• Uni is now seen as something that only the middle classes can afford
• Fewer people are now getting degrees
• Less about who's genuinely good and more about who can afford a degree?

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