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Answer Overview

Response rates from 17k UK voters.

33%
Yes
67%
No
30%
Yes
52%
No
2%
Yes, but only if they are for profit universities
6%
No, we should instead focus on decreasing the cost of education
1%
Yes, make the liability proportional to the expected yearly income of the degree offered
5%
No, and higher education should be free for everyone
3%
No, it is the student’s responsibility to manage their financial outcome

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from UK voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @9PMGC6Fanswered…7mos7MO

University isn’t for everyone. More apprenticeships/alternatives to University Education are required

 @9NK35C7answered…7mos7MO

Yes but we should close courses that are not traditional courses. Such as gender studies and any studies which push Marxist intellectual thinking as fact.

 @9ZT3ZTWanswered…2mos2MO

No, but students should be given a dynamic risk score of the likelihood of getting a career if they pick a course. For example if you pick up art, it's unlikely you will be the next Van Gogh. If you pick a teaching degree, you're likely to become a teacher.

 @9QH5JDZanswered…6mos6MO

There are to many silly University courses, and when graduates finish Uni, there a few jobs but 1000’s of applicants almost impossible to get a good job in the UK, so Uni is a scam.
Also the UK does not have an economy so they should sort that out first, but should introduce more apprenticeship rather than University courses

 @9PWDD5L answered…7mos7MO

No but students should be allowed leaner payment terms where applicable and monitored so when they have jobs with which they can pay the loans of at those lower terms the payments can start

 @9PSDQ9Banswered…7mos7MO

"Student Loans" should be funded upfront by the govt and not sold on the secondary market, it should also be impossible to "default" against a student loan

 @9PRNF5Fanswered…7mos7MO

No, but universities need to be made aware of these graduates so that support can be offered in finding a higher income job.

 @9PRGGCLanswered…7mos7MO

For British students, degrees they study should be proportionately matched to their expected financial income as an aim and therefore be free. Not to be an excuse for a student to coast along, but a reasonable target. For foreign students - they should pay.