My son got his offer of accommodation from UCL yesterday- Schafer House on Drummond Street. Fantastic central London location. Fantastic fucking Central London price as well £4400 for his first year. It's self catering by the way.
So he gets a Student LOAN for £4988- as its London he gets more. Out of this LOAN he has to pay £4400 for his accommodation, leaving him about £500 to live on in a year. Yes he can get a job but have you ever tried working and studying? Its not easy, is it?
So guess who will be subsididsing him.
I vowed never to vote Labour after the Iraq war and the way they forced Counils to divest themselves of housing management responsibilities by either selling off the stock or setting up a quasi buisness to manage it. I am now adding abolition of Student Grants and the introduction of Tuition Fees to the list of reasons never to vote for them again. Another back door tax from the party of education and they wonder why the proportion of working class kids going onto higher education hasn't risen. My son will be leaving University with a minmum debt of £24k. Shame on them all
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