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Originally posted by expat View PostEngland.
Look, I am really sorry for people in that position (it happens to include us, with a daughter going to Uni in England this year).
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BTW English students in Scotland pay English-level fees simply on a principle of reciprocity, because Scots in England have to. Personally as a Scot I would pay their fees to encourage the best of England to come to us
"EU students (who are not UK nationals) will be treated as if they were home students living in Scotland. Eligible students will not pay tuition fees but will apply to SAAS to have the full fee paid for them"
So French students can study at Scottish institutions for free, but non-Scottish resident students can't.Last edited by NotAllThere; 12 August 2008, 09:36.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostYou may laugh but India and China have huge universities dedicated to science and engineering and are constantly building more.Last edited by NotAllThere; 12 August 2008, 09:28.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI'm not laughing, I'm friggin crying.
Still, education, education, education and all that, as someone or other once said was the priority for Britain.
I do think that NL has a fairly rigid, often non-explicit, world-view.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostYou may laugh but India and China have huge universitys dedicated to science and engineering and are constantly building more.
They're boomed, we're doomed!
Still, education, education, education and all that, as someone or other once said was the priority for Britain.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostLots of scientists in India.
Much cheapness, plenty quickness.
They're boomed, we're doomed!
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMy son is thinking of doing a degree in Physics and Nanotechnology. In Switzerland, course fees will be £1000 a year. In the UK, £3500.
Look, I am really sorry for people in that position (it happens to include us, with a daughter going to Uni in England this year).
The Scots pay much less in Scotland because the Scottish goverment decided that that was a good way to spend some govt money. The govt in London could have decided the same for England, but it didn't. Personally I think that was not a good decision, but presumably the govt reckon that you don't need to make scientists, you can just buy them from abroad.
BTW English students in Scotland pay English-level fees simply on a principle of reciprocity, because Scots in England have to. Personally as a Scot I would pay their fees to encourage the best of England to come to us
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My son is thinking of doing a degree in Physics and Nanotechnology. In Switzerland, course fees will be £1000 a year. In the UK, £3500.
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Shortage of scientists?
The CBI says there are not enough young scientists to meet the needs of industry
I suppose that doesn't mean that there is a shortage of scientists, just that there are not enough highly-qualified scientists willing to work long hours for low wages? We know the answer to that....
Why is it that when business "calls for" something for the good of the country, what they mean is that they want free help from the government, using our young people as fodder if necessary?Tags: None
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