University funding cuts

Should the Government make funding cuts to universities?

I don't understand why for the last few years the Government have been putting money into higher education and now they are going to cut it.

It seems peculiar to encourage people to go and then choose to cut this sector.

I understand that the country is in recession but can't they make the cuts somewhere else? It seems a waste of the last few years and surely if you have a better educated country that in turn improves the economy as a whole.

Daniel Shaw
A Levels

University funding should not be cut because it would put some young people off going to university and in the future would lower the standard of education across the country.

This may cause a lack of people to fill the skilled jobs and slow down advancements in technology.

Financial issues would then lead to people missing out on an opportunity they would otherwise have taken and possibly waste their skills and talent.

It is not a good time to cut the funding as there is a recession and the students unable to go to university may not find a job and this would increase the number of unemployed.

Amy Scragg
A Levels