Does anyone know

[brionon]

How other countries manage Student Fees ? The BBC won't tell us.

[ummmm]

What? Like America?

[Count-A-Strong]

I'm not sure I understand the word manage in the context of your question.

[Sqad]

Yes...Scotland pay all the students fees from all the European countries, except students from England who have to could up their own fees to go to a Scottish University.

[Sqad]

"cough up"

[Count-A-Strong]

Same with Welsh universities I think.

[mike11111]

You'll have to grab me by the whatsits before I can do that, Doc.

[ummmm]

My cousin and her husband went to Edinburgh Uni. They both got really good results. Her in science and him in history and English lit.

He's a butcher and she makes trinkets...

[boxtops]

When you say "won't tell us" brionon, how have you asked them? are you a student yourself?
You could always Google to find what you need - here's some French info http://www.french-pro...education/assistance/

[brionon]

Yes I've asked but got no answer. Surely it's of some interest to know how other Countries handel their Students ?

[Sqad]

brionin....you have not got the answers you wanted...I mentioned Scotland which you seem to have ignored.

Do you want us to go though each country in the world separately or have you got a particular country in mind?

[Sqad]

brionon...C.A.S has told you about Wales.

[boxtops]

It might be interesting for comparison purposes, but each country has to manage the student budget within the overall Government capacity. A better-off country might fund more, others might be 100% self-funding. I am sure that in some countries the chance to go to University is considered a real privilege, not - as it's become here - an expectation. IMO it has downgraded the degree process (but that's a different discussion).
You'd be better off asking the foreign Universities than the BBC !

[Sqad]

boxtops...good post.

[mike11111]

Let's start with Iran. If the students over there got up to half the things they do here there wouldn't be any left, as they'd all be hanging from cranes. One way of solving the financial issue, I suppose.

[Count-A-Strong]

Having tried to do some google research, I have concluded that the only practical way to do this is to type 'country' then university funding.

[New Judge]

How they manage their funding is not quite so important as whether and how they assess the benefits derived from university education.

As I mentioned in response to an earlier question on the student funding issue, I do not believe that any meaningful assessment has been undertaken here. As suggested by boxtops, a university education is now seen as an expectation and a right among large numbers of young people. But many of them have given little thought to what benefit they might gain from a further three years of education and how it might help them with a career. Huge numbers of them (ummmm’s cousin and her husband are a good case in point) end up in jobs where no degree level education is necessary.

It is this aspect of higher education that needs to be looked at urgently.

[bednobs]

why should the BBC tell you, even if you ask them?? Who made the BBC the fount of all knowledge about how other countries manage their budgets?
Re the welsh, as far as i know, welsh unis are not free - students who are welsh are going to get their fees paid whether they go to a welsh uni or uni anywhere else in the uk

[brionon]

Sqad-Why so angry ? I'm grateful for the Scottish answer . This is Answer Bank is it not ?

[boxtops]

Yes it is AB brionon, and most of us are glad to discuss, but a) we don't know why you thought the BBC would tell you anyway, they are not in charge of education in the EU, and b) we are already trying to help but most of us wouldn't know for certain either, nor would we need to. As I said before, much is down to Government budgets, and workforce planning.

[jaydah]

Parental funding in Australia & NZ unless child is genious to win a bursary or company sponsorship.