3rd level fees(i know was locked, sorry)

Nietzschean

i just felt i had to reply to this,

It is in our countries interest to have a skilled educated workforce, but that alone does not justify the taxpayer paying the costs of 3rd level education for students, regardless of ability to pay.

What drives the country? we call our-selves a high tech country or whatever, if you start charging 8000 a year to goto college the odds of producing enough high quality scientists is quite low imo, i certainly wouldn't be attending the top course for what i am most skilled at. I'm doing Theoretical Physics in trinity, but with 8000 fee's i dunno if i'd be going to college let alone on the other side of the country living in dublin. And you think its fair that we should have burden like that? what if someone in a simliar position to myself is the next einstein you will cast him or her probally into a course that won't quite help them exceed fully, and as a result they could be come a teacher(i've nothing against them) instead of what they would be best suited to something like a quantum computing specialist paving the way for new technology......... yer thats going to help the country..............

All children are mandatorily sent to primary and secondary schools, so I do agree with the principle of free 1st and second level education. The money saved by having students repay the cost of 3rd level educations, could be plowed back into primary and secondary education. Obviously there is only so much money available, andi think it could be better spent elsewhere.

why not plowed into 3rd level education? i got a fine 2nd level education with the current setup as i believe most people have, and what makes you think you are in a position to say its better spent else where? The government should be encouraging an enviroment which allows students excell to their maximum potential, not creating an enviroment where they are stuck worrying about their finincal status all the time and where most will probally drop out as a result.

Lenny

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Nietzschean

Originally posted by Lenny
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insightfull

daveirl

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Nietzschean

Originally posted by daveirl
I couldn't be bothered argueing about the fees because it's not gonna happen anyway. But where did you pluck this €8000 a year from. It would be less than 5k and even at that I think Med would be the only thing up at that level.

My invoice for college had the price of my course on it this year. Around €4500. I'm thankful that the taxpayer is going to pay for my education, but when I look around college and see so many wasters I start wondering about the sence of wasting money on people who don't want to learn

was quoted on news at time of budget that the actual cost of the 3rd level system is effectively 8grand per student

mirv

It's more likely to be the average cost per student, as opposed to the fee paid by the student. Besides, different courses cost different amounts of money, so it's a sweeping generalisation.