- Question
- Should universities be free?
This position favours keeping tuition fees unchanged but raising maintenance loans. It argues income-contingent tuition is repaid only above an earnings threshold, so the true barrier is living costs — which force poorer students to work — and that bigger maintenance loans would fix that.
Supporting arguments · 3
- Parents shouldn't be obligated to pay for their childs education
- Neither loan is paid back until you're earning over the threshold anyway, but maintenance loans determine your ability to live at university
- Those who have to work part time to fund uni are at a disadvantage in their studies compared to those who don't