8th December 2005, 09:02 AM
very interesting. I know that I would have had to think very carefully if I was having to pay 3000 quid a year. Im already going to leave uni about 13000 in debt (not counting the huge ammount of money i should owe to my parents). A few of the site staff i know barely earn enough for the repayments to kick in so they are going to have that debt hanging over them for a long time.
This will need some serious consideration from department heads and if universities make the choice to increase fees for them then that will almost certainly close some courses in the coming years.
I have to say that in principal I think that the new form of fee payment that comes with the increases is a good idea (pay them when your earning not when your trying to learn). With the starting rates of pay in archaeology however this could put people in serious financial difficulty and drive alot of graduates from the proffession.
Silver lining however, if the pool of new graduates does start drying up then units will have to start treating the current work force much better if they don't want to lose them.
Troll - you might have a point about general apathy within 'the youth'. Have to go freeze my fingers of on site now however so will come back to that later.
This will need some serious consideration from department heads and if universities make the choice to increase fees for them then that will almost certainly close some courses in the coming years.
I have to say that in principal I think that the new form of fee payment that comes with the increases is a good idea (pay them when your earning not when your trying to learn). With the starting rates of pay in archaeology however this could put people in serious financial difficulty and drive alot of graduates from the proffession.
Silver lining however, if the pool of new graduates does start drying up then units will have to start treating the current work force much better if they don't want to lose them.
Troll - you might have a point about general apathy within 'the youth'. Have to go freeze my fingers of on site now however so will come back to that later.