Middle class parents saying University is not worth the money after the rise in tuition fees
For the first time two universities were named (Westminster and Southampton) who failed to comply with the adjudicators rulings. Rob Behrens, head of the adjudicator office, commented that the increase in complaints show a greater sense of consumer awareness from students, which may be heightened due to the increase in tuition fees.
This comes with 31% of parents from relatively well off households claiming courses are too expensive. Also that university now fails to give graduates the same start in life that it used to.
Although fees are rising, the earning threshold for repayments will be higher, and graduates will pay less every month than the current graduates. When graduates get a graduate job they won’t pay back until they earn up to and over £21,000. A third of graduates will also end up never repaying the full amount after reaching the 30 year mark where debts are wiped out.
Parents and Students are expecting more from universities with the rise in tuition fees, with many parents advising their children to start early in the world of work through apprenticeships or internships. Therefore universities need to start providing more work based skills, and work in partnership with businesses to provide graduate jobs after completing their degree, which is a major problem of current universities not generating the jobs for their leavers, leaving many graduates unemployed 6 months after graduating.
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