Blog 2 'Fees keep universities public', Vince Cable says

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11762430

Summary

Mr. Cable wants the government to increase the tuition fees of England’s top universities. He says that by doing so it will prevent the universities from going private.  The universities have already made a lot of financial arrangements with the government and Cable says they cannot continue to do that. The new fees that will be allowed to charge up to £9,000 will have to keep the universities from going broke or going private. Two universities have already rejected the claim of them wanting to go private and a lot of students are going to take part in demonstrations against these plans.

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I think proper education has to be available for everyone, but in today’s difficult financial times concessions have to be made also. It’s very hard to say what is fair or not. I do think that education is one of the last things you want to cut back on. A good education reachable for everyone helps to create a more financial stable future for the whole of the UK. Cable claims that the only possible way to finance that is by taking this measure, but I think he has to look at other options first. Like maybe universities can cooperate more with commercial enterprises in their area of expertise or with more advertisement in their university buildings or renting out university buildings after school hours for other purposes.