政府偷偷把学生的学费上调 [英国媒体]

Students protest in London

伦敦的学生抗议行动

The Government has moved to raise tuition fees by ￡250 without any announcement from the Department for Education (DfE).

政府在教育部没有发出任何公告的情况下就把学费上调了250英镑。

Regulations to allow the changes, which will see fees go up to ￡9,250, were published earlier this week to the National Archives legislation store.

政府将这项学费上调至9250英镑的规定，于本周早些时候发布在了国家档案馆的法律问题咨询网站上。

The new legislation to the changes was not announced on the DfE website or in a statement to Parliament by ministers.

这项新的举措并没有发布在教育部的网站上或者出现在部长们发表的议会声明中。

The changes, which are set to affect 500,000 students, went unnoticed for days until they were reported by the BBC on Thursday evening.

本次调整将影响50万名学生，他们对此毫不知情持续数日，直到BBC于周四晚间报道了此事。

Opposition politicians criticised the nature of the announcement. Shadow universities minister Gordon Marsden accused the Government of trying to “sneak out” the plans while Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron described the approach as “shabby”.

反对党的政客们批评这个公告的性质。影子大学部长Gordon Marsden指控政府试图“偷偷”实施方案，与此同时自由民主党领导人Tim Farron形容这项举措相当“卑劣”。

He said the move was a classic case of the Government “avoiding scrutiny” for its policies.

他声称这项举动是政府对其实施的政策“逃避监督”的一个经典案例。

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department for Education said the measure had been trailed in the summer and that no further announcement was needed.

教育部的一位发言人在一份声明中说，这次调整已经于夏天就做出了预先通知，所以不需要发布进一步的公告了。

“Importantly, universities will not be able to increase their fees unless they have passed rigorous quality standards,” the spokesperson said.

“重要的是，大学将不能增加它们的费用除非它们通过了严格的质量标准”，发言人如是说。

“We are determined to make sure that everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education has the opportunity to do so.”

“我们决心确保每个有潜力从高等教育中获利的人都有机会这么做。”

Most universities are expected to be able to charge the new higher fees, however.

不过呢，大部分大学预计都将提高收费标准。

Tuition fees have been set at ￡9,000 since 2012 but the Government has said it wants to raise them further because of inflation. 

学费于2012年设定为9000英镑，但是政府希望把通货膨胀考虑进去，所以打算调高学费。

The last time fees were raised students across the country took to the streets to protest and blockade and occupy campuses.

上一次提高学费的时候，全国的学生上街抗议并且封锁并占领了学校。


DeeGee
￡250?...Well, that's only a few joints, smokes and shots that they will have to fore go. Where's the problem

250英镑？哎呀，毛毛雨啦，多大点事。

Agitated
No: For most its ￡750 (plus interest) of debt.

（回复上一贴）不对，对大部分人说这是750英镑（算上利息）的债务。

AngryOfE7 
what about the compound interest on this when its part of the Student Loan? the ￡250 becomes a lot more than that over the 20+ years it takes to repay and a loan counts against your ability to get a mortgage under the affordability test.

（回复上两贴）要是这部分钱是学生贷款的一部分，你知道复利要多少吗？这是一大笔钱，而且要在20多年的时间里还，这个贷款数量还将影响到还款能力测试下获得贷款的能力。

Make politics redundant 
Raise in school fees to fund Brexit.

提高学费以资助脱欧。

Jabbathehut  
We were the 5th richest economy before Brexit now we're sliding down. India has overtaken us. Not good. 
Investing in a good quality workforce is essential but the government would rather spend billions on Trident, HS2, Hinckley Point etc 

脱欧前我们曾经是第五富的经济体，现在我们正在下滑。印度都超过我们了，一点都不好。
投资于高质量的劳动群体是必要的，但是政府更愿意在核武器系统、2号高速铁路、辛克利角核电站等项目上花钱。

Geeconomics 
I for one would be willing to pay a higher rate of taxes if it meant tuition fees were free and I would go one step further to say, additionally subsidised. It has worked brilliantly in many Scandinavian countries and the people are happy with it. We should be encouraging young people to go to university. We don't want them in debt up to their head before their adult lives have started.

我个人愿意支付更高的税率来换取学费全免，而且我想进一步说，应该进行补贴。这种措施在北欧的许多国家都运行良好，人们都很满意。我们应该鼓励年轻人去上大学。我们不想看到他们在成年的人生阶段开始的时候就已经负债累累。

BillJ   
So you would be happy to pay an extra 5% in tax

（回复上一贴）也就是你多交5%的税还很开心喽

FluxDensity 
I would. Having educated population serves everybody. 

（回复上一贴）我愿意多交税。让人群受教育将造福所有人。

Catalanjan 
Both my sons decided against university. Best thing they did. The youngest did an apprenticeship and the other helped run then  later owned a very demanding small business. They both live and work in Australia now because of their skills and work experience . If they had gone to uni I think they would not be in the position that they are in today.  They are successful due to hard work and being skilled. At 26 my youngest had 10 years work experience and training behind him and emigrated to Australia at 22. He was in great demand.
Most of his  uni friends at  that age were struggling to find work. The other one is running a similar  business in Sydney with a wonderful lifestyle to boot. Miss them both but happy for them.

我的两个儿子都决定不去上大学。他们做了最正确的决定。小儿子度过了一段学徒期，大儿子之后帮他拥有了一个小生意。他们现在都在澳大利亚工作和生活，因为他们有技术和工作经验。如果他们当初去上大学，我认为他们就不会有今天的地位。他们之所以成功，靠的是努力工作和专业技能。我小儿子在26岁就有了10年的工作经验，他22岁就移民去了澳大利亚。
他大部分大学的朋友们在这个年纪还为找工作发愁。大儿子在悉尼也在运作一个类似的生意，过着上流的生活。我想他们但也为他们高兴。

weehighlandlassie 
The point is that they decided! Soon the poor and middle classes will have no choice because they can't afford it! 

（回复上一贴）重点在于他们还能做决定！很快穷人和中产阶级就没得选了，因为他们根本就负担不起！

nrunky 
Sadly some of the comments on here reflect our lack of further education. The only way that advanced economies can grow and compete in the world is by increasing the intellect of the nation in general which doesn't mean you only provide vocation courses. The government knows this but still tries to make it elitist by increasing fees due to their dogma. It is easier for them to con the ill-educated.

看到这里许多评论显示出我们缺乏进一步教育真是悲哀。先进的经济体想要成长并在世界上竞争的唯一途径就是增加国家的知识分子总数，这不是你提供一些职业课程就能做到的。政府明白这个但还想通过提高学费来保持精英教育的信条。他们想要收拾低学历群体可容易多了。