Monday, February 21, 2011

Tangled web

So now we hear that the fundraising at the Conservative’s recent Black & White Ball (sorry, Party) included an auction of internships, or work experience in desirable jobs. Those with a young person to launch on the world were happy to pay up to £3,000 for one of these.

Cheap at twice the price, I’d say, especially if tuition fees get held down below the theoretical maximum of £9,000. Which they should be of course, in the interests of the less privileged, for as David Willets, the Universities minister has warned if the universities do charge the maximum, the government, who have to lend the money to students, will have less to spend in other areas of education.


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