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Should Students Get Paid For Their Tuition Classes

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There has been a long-winded debate regarding tuition fees and what students receive in exchange for their payments towards their degree course, and with interesting information leaking from student newspaper, Epigram of the University of Bristol last year, the debate could become heated. The student newspaper published figures after obtaining a freedom of information request which lead to 150 arts and social science students protesting at the university in December 2014. These students were suspicious as to where the money from their expensive tuition fees was being allocated after learning how much their degree courses 'cost' per student.

It was found that approximately half of most art student's tuition fees each year was designated to …show more content…

The UK Independence Party election manifesto for 2015 pledged that students taking degrees in STEMM subjects will receive free tuition and the Labour party allegedly reported to have considered reducing the fees to £6,000. These politicians deemed these pledges important to recover the shortages in STEMM subjects and to encourage more students to study science and technology courses.

However, this in turn, with students knowing how much their tuition is spent on their studies could affect how 'valuable' students perceive their courses to be. The attention that the government gives to STEMM subjects over art subjects gives the impression that some courses have higher precedence over others which could be dangerous to university ideals and aspirations. It also could deter students from studying arts and humanities, and furthermore, restricting individuals of having the opportunity to become passionate about subjects and areas of

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