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To: epicure who wrote (4830)10/19/2004 3:37:44 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander  Read Replies (1) of 51760
 
<London is again revisiting its higher education system.>

One important fact, which is not mentioned "anywhere" is that they have to do it to "comply" with the overall EU system.

UK does not yet have to comply with everything, as they are not (yet) part of the "euro".

Some of "educational" issues are because access to higher education within EU is now "free", which includes the fact that higher education is "almost gratis at the point of access" through state-guaranteed student-loans, "student-pay" (monthly cash for living expenses, additionally for rent, plus minimal "tuition fees").

However, when this is applied for higher education within EU, not a "local matter" anymore, it demands similar "systems" in terms of

- similar, comparable systems for "access" (that exam at age 16-18)
- some system for figuring out which nation will pay what
- who is actually paying (taxes, budgets)
- similar demands on the student to get that cash, in some proportion to what exams they actually pass.

But in addition to all that "cash-stuff" there is also the goals of "education" in general.

PS The general goal is that higher education should be "almost gratis" for the student (while it still is really expensive stuff
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