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- If all these foreigners want to do postgraduate degrees here, shouldn't we be thinking of why British kids don't want to be doing them too?- In some cases this could be cultural- british kids don't see the value in postgrad where in other countries this is vital..
- I am likely to come out with a Merit grade and have not entirely been taken over my by debt. But here comes the kicker. I have applied to do a PhD. A research qualification that will see me commit another 3 years to full time education. My university have supported my idea, my supervisor is excited about my perliminary research and I've been offered a full time place to start in October. Hours after this offer however I recieved word that my application for a studentship was unsuccessful due to competition. I will have to turn down this brilliant opportunity to do what arguably my whole education has been driving me towards.
We are left with higher class individuals getting the highest qualifications. What is the point of reforming from the bottom. More work needs to be done on considering the backgrounds of postgraduates.
-I'm a home student who wants to get a Masters. I want to quit my job and finally get my Masters in English Literature. I've saved up to do it. However I must admit I'm slightly paralysed by the thought of blowing my savings in one go. I don't live in a particularly pleasant area so the same amount of money could also be used as a house deposit. I would be doing it purely for the love of the subject. Certainly my BA hasn't helped me get work in a relevant field.
- I applied for and recieved a career development loan, which has been used up on course fees (4,200 so far...another 2,500 for the masters year) and expenses (twice monthly therapy, £40 each. Twice monthly supervision, £35 each. Travel expenses, £80 total per month, books etc). And I have to pay full price for prescriptions, glasses, dental bills etc.
-I started a PhD in October of last year, and was lucky to be awarded what my University have termed a "scholarship." I was not so lucky in that out of the £10,000 I was awarded, just over £6,000 goes back into the University's pockets for accommodation, which I was originally lead to believe was covered in the scholarship. The university's handling of my situation (and various other problems which have cropped up) have made me feel like a bit of an inconvenience to them,
- I feel I need more education to succeed in my chosen area of study yet I have found that my degree has actually closed many doors in the job I was doing before as they question my motivation for leaving a job in a similar sector to return to university. Being 31 I find that graduate schemes are not really looking for my age group and having a terrible credit rating due to a failed business quite a few years ago no bank will lend me the money.
It seems to me that postgraduate education is one of the biggest areas of disparity between the rich and the poor in this country. A loan system would be fine, no one minds paying the money back, we just want to be educated [23]!
23. Carry out a survey among students of your institute and find out if they would like to get a post-graduate education. What arguments for and against do they put forward?
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