! Run.pp, run! Ahh no wait.. pretty polly.. run.. that calls for nail varnish!

I'm with the students - no surprise there!

But this has nothing to do with reducing the Deficit.
University funding has been reduced, but all that saving has been put into loans for students, so the government is still having to borrow the same amount.
And, as you say, fewer people will pay off their debt, and those that do will not pay it off for about thirty years. This is purely an ideological change, designed to increase the cost of going to University for students.

I've no idea why you think this scheme makes Uni more accessible to poorer students. I think the tripling of tuition fees will put people off, especially those from poorer backgrounds, whether the repayment scheme has been made fairer, or not.

Reference original post: pretty-p

This country is massively in debt and most of that is down to greed - this debt needs paying and every aspect of public spending is being affected - it may not be great and we may not agree with all the policies the government come up with but we need to deal with it.  I personally can't see how this new scheme will raise more money as fewer people will actually pay off all their debt but at the end of the day I don't need to know exactly how that will work - what I do know though is that this new scheme will make Uni more accessile for poorer students.

Reply from Blizzie:

 But this has nothing to do with reducing the Deficit.
University funding has been reduced, but all that saving has been put into loans for students, so the government is still having to borrow the same amount.
And, as you say, fewer people will pay off their debt, and those that do will not pay it off for about thirty years. This is purely an ideological change, designed to increase the cost of going to University for students. I've no idea why you think this scheme makes Uni more accessible to poorer students. I think the tripling of tuition fees will put people off, especially those from poorer backgrounds,

MY REPLY TO BLIZZIE

I completely agree with you Blizzie.  But there is no telling some people.  This tripling the uni fees is the most stupid and pointless idea I have ever heard.   (And I noticed that pp has not responded to this post of yours - probably because you're absolutely right!)  Anyone who thinks that there is nothing wrong with tripling uni fees needs a reality check.  There is nothing positive or constructive about doing this.  All it's going to do is make people not want to go to uni, because who the hell wants such a huge debt? 

I am getting pissed off with people who think that its perfectly ok, and people just need to deal with it.  Frankly, you're wasting your breath with some people.  No matter how many times you try and explain it that it makes no sense and it's nothing to do with the national deficit, people are so pedantic and blinkered with such narrow minded views, that no matter what you say, they will dig their heels in and say 'yeah but, yeah but.'  They are nothing but narrow minded, cantankerous and argumentative.  There is little point in trying to reason with them.  No way in the world is this tripling of uni fees a good idea!  Anyone who thinks it is must be living in another world.