Graduate Recruitment may suffer as result of cuts in
Education Maintenance
Allowance
The coalition government decided to take the
measure of scrapping the education maintenance allowance (EMA) this
week, on Wednesday the proposal was passed through parliament with
a majority of 59. With the increase in tuition fees and now the
removal of EMA this could lead to a graduate recruitment shortfall, especially
amongst brighter students from less privileged backgrounds.
MP’s have already come out to criticise the
move labelling it as “a vicious attack” on the youth, MP Shabana
Mahmood of Birmingham Laywood, stated that the cuts could lead to
“a lost generation of young people”.
Many MP’s from the opposition government have
argued that poorer students will be forced to drop out of education
with surveys from the Student Association indicating that as many
as a third of students saying that they would not be able to
continue their studies without the EMA allowance, with another MP
commenting that 90% of students he met in Dudley college would be
unable to continue their studies with the EMA funding
withdrawn.
However, coalition government has come out
promising a more targeted approach to ensure those who need funding
for further education do receive it.
Rising tuition fees, along with the cuts in
EMA funded education may have a massive impact on graduate
recruitment for years to come with many unable to attend further
education and those that do have to consider if the debt incurred
by a university education outweighs the benefits.
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