“@JT249 - Studyng part-time won't help. It usually DOUBLES the length of the degree and you have to pay the same as a ful time student, UP FRONT. I know this because my dad studies part-time.”

“While it would be naive to think all universities offer the same standard of education and facilities, it would be short-sighted to suggest that the majority should charge less than the most prestigious.

One way that universities establish themselves in the hierarchy is through research - academics are encouraged to contribute to peer-reviewed journals to raise the profile of their departments, thus attracting future funding.

With government investment in most areas severely curtailed, universities need to look to their own resources as a means of funding the research that will justify their place in the league tables and appeal to new students at under- and post-graduate level. The way they can do this, the way they need to do this, is through tuition fees.

As clarkekent says, nobody has to repay a penny until they earn above a benchmark which will, presumably, move with inflation. On this basis, the student loan could be seen as a low-cost investment for a higher-income future. I would suggest that students use their loans to cover tuition fees, and bursaries for other incidentals like food, books, accommodation and travel.”

“Why all the fuss about tuition fees? its a loan which you dont pay back until you earn over £21000 per annum. theres no upfront cost! secondly, its not compulsory to go to uni. alot of my friends went to college and trained to be bricklayers and plumbers and they do well for themselves, others started out in in offices at the bottom and have worked their way up. i own my own business and only have a handfull of gcses. im not saying uni isnt important but there are other routes to success.”

“I comment here because it is encouraged. I'm displeased at what Lincoln is charging for what it is, and what makes it worse is that you see Lincoln trying to justify itself with silly pseudo-news ad campaigns which contradict themselves heavily... obviously, you're welcome to disagree but at least counter some of my points raised instead of telling me to go elsewhere.

95% of Universities are charging very similar amounts to Lincoln - it doesn't just stay at Lincoln and my comments would be valid to many other Universities which are average or below... I would complain at Lincoln University itself but my voice wouldn't even be listened to, let alone taken into any consideration.

Yes, support may have been cut to Universities but I think it's obvious it isn't anywhere near the region against what they think they should charge from next year.

Lincoln, whilst I know provides a good standard of education is still average in its facilities - I'd love to see some news about increased support (dedicated campus is a no-brainer) and facilities for the students who will be robbed and put into huge debt before they've even started their careers from next year, but I really doubt anything new will be happening for next year - people paying three times more for the same. It'd be nice if they didn't beat around the bush and make out like they're doing next years students a bunch of favours - it's turning into a sales pitch and it is annoyingly gaudy.

The Government WAS entirely to blame until every University hopped onto the bandwagon and felt like they offered enough to charge as much as top Universities and Medical Schools, where a sniff of a name on a CV will put you above many others.

@BigBarry If we all thought like that, I doubt we would get anywhere at all.”

“Why don't students go part-time? Might only take them 1 year longer and the fees will be more in the region of £1K to £2K a year...”

“Presumably like most universities, the government took a massive cut out of the Lincolns budget and in order to keep the current level of growth and support (and help future expansion plans) they had no choice but to charge the maximum amount.

Society was too quick to blame the universities rather than the government for the price hike.

Kellerman, if you're that displeased by the existence of the University of Lincoln, why don't you go somewhere where you will be happy or at least complain to the university itself?”

“Welcome to the real world Kellerman!”

“Bursaries aren't available for the majority of courses (mainly health and social care courses, in which Lincoln offers no specialities and only a small handful of H&SC courses) and many students don't live in student accomodation. Where does that leave them, huh?

Tuition... isn't that standard no matter what price you pay? It's not the most 'beneficial option for future students' - it's the most beneficial for the University as it doesn't have to spend a damn penny on private accomodation discounts (as it is beneficial for both parties, landlords cram more people into their shoddy accomodation and Lincoln University doesn't have to pay a penny but advertise said accomodation instead), government-paid bursaries are just that and tuition is a pretty legal and standard affair. You wouldn't be learning if you weren't being tutored.

Lincoln is seriously over its head, just because it rose a few places in an unofficial newspaper poll. Maybe they should have asked future students what they want instead of current students who get a full support package and exactly the same education and facilities for 3k / year.

Lincoln is trying to pass itself off as something it's not and is looking more and more gaudy in the process.

Instead of doing these paid-for shallow PR stunts begging for students next year, why don't they explain why their (very) average University thinks it can charge as much as the top Universities in the UK and more than many top European and American Universities which offer much more in terms of facilities, course choices, speciality courses, diverse tuition and student SUPPORT. It's not exactly anything impressive to be going to the University of Lincoln, now, is it?

All this just shows how much Lincoln runs as a business rather than a Government-backed-and-based educational facility - it appears they don't really care about the students at all as long as they make the most profit possible.”