Nad

This thread has gone wild and i cant be bothered to read it all HOWEVER with regards to the student revolt i have a few points to make (sorry if they have already been made): As a student at LSE myself, the fee increase is a joke. For those students whose parents earn a minimal amount (remembering all those students from high school whose parents combined had to earn less than £30,000 to get the grant and there were a lot) the thought of their child leaving education with a minimum £27,000 debt is ridiculous, it is a psychological issue which anyone who earns little can agree with Secondly, the poor may be affected little (grants etc but then again these are limited), the 'rich' can afford education (university is most likely a relief to parents who paid £25,000 a year for boarding school education) however those that are affected are the middle class whose parents earn a modest income and although may, at a push, be able to afford fees, will do so at much personal expense. Finally, those who stormed the Millbank buildings seem to be those caught in the midst of the most political activity they will have ever seen in their academic careers. most never had any political activist experience, most joined in 'for the crack', none were 'uneducated, showing the decline in academia'. For a start, some of those students were from LSE and i doubt you can generalise those students as being 'uneducated'. My point is that in a 'democracy' such as the UK everyone should have the right to further education and by increasing fees we are massively cutting out a huge skilled labour force that could contribute to the economy. This is both immoral and 'un-economically sound'. Anyone who claims they have a degree pre-top up fees has little contribution as they never had to deal with the economic burden that comes with a university degree.