Cost of university in the EU. pic.twitter.com/uAcjlk2Os4
— Data Is Amazing (@DataIsAmazing) April 2, 2014
The source of the
data for the above map has not been located, but the figures are consistent
with many reports, including from several of the sources given below. The Tweet
has been included, without statistical source, but providing reference to the
Tweet, as the graphical representation provides a stark comparison of the UK
ultra-high university educational costs and extreme debt burden forced onto UK
students, which they will realise from two years after graduation when the high
fees kick in, with a debt burden lasting 30 years for every student who cannot
afford to repay the loan sooner.
University
Education: costs compared for students around the world
Link to my previous
blog item, where student debt repayments are briefly illustrated in relation to
students in universities in England and Wales:
Some supporting
sources of comparative costs of UK with other European countries:
http://www.studyineurope.eu/tuition-fees
OECD report on
education (2011) before UK tripled fees:
OECD (2011) Education At a Glance
Huffington Post.article: Our Students Face the Highest Student Loan Interest Rate in Western Europe
Report referred to in above article:
http://www.if.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Squeezing-our-students_-An-English-OECD-Comparison.pdf
From the above report relating to what would happen if tuition fees were tripled as they were from 2012 onwards:
UK students have
highest student loan interest rate charges in Europe:
Report referred to in above article:
http://www.if.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Squeezing-our-students_-An-English-OECD-Comparison.pdf
From the above report relating to what would happen if tuition fees were tripled as they were from 2012 onwards:
"Such a fee
level would therefore be the highest average figure for public or
state-dependent institutions in the developed world" (p22)
UK tuition fees have
therefore become the highest in the world, beating United States average of
student fee charges, based on highly variable charges between different US
universities. Most countries though have more consistent tuition fee
structures, but UK also exceeds all of these, with many countries' governments
charging students far less than UK.
UK tuition charges
have risen to first place from what was recognised by the OECD as being third
highest in developed world in their 2011 report, Education At A Glance (link provided above)
Related newspaper media articles from before tuition fees tripled in 2012:
International
students shun UK as ultra-high fees act as deterrent to study in UK:
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