Young people's attitudes towards tuition fees and debt in Scotland and England

Sarah Minty

Young people's attitudes towards tuition fees and debt in Scotland and England

Sarah Minty

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Abstract

This paper explores the attitudes of senior school pupils and sixth form students in Scotlandand the north of England towards tuition fees and student debt. Devolution, and consequently different fees regimes across the four UK jurisdictions, adds an extra layer of complexity to young people's decisions as to where to study and how much it may cost. Limited information is available on tuition fees, student loans, government bursaries/ grants and university bursaries and scholarships. Data gathered from interviews with young people in England and Scotland reveals that Scottish students are just as concerned about the costs of higher education as their English counterparts, and have substantially poorer knowledge of student finance.

Original language	English
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2015
Event	British Educational Research Association's Annual Conference 2015 - Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sept 2015 → 17 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	British Educational Research Association's Annual Conference 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	14/09/15 → 17/09/15

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

student finance
tuition fees
young people

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http://www.docs.hss.ed.ac.uk/education/creid/NewsEvents/55_i_d_BERA2015_Minty_Paper.pdf

Improving young people’s knowledge of student finance in Scotland
Minty, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/14 → 31/10/15
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Higher Education in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the Referendum on Independence
Raffe, D. (Principal Investigator), Croxford, L. (Co-investigator), Minty, S. (Co-investigator), Riddell, S. (Co-investigator), Weedon, E. (Co-investigator), Weedon, E. (Researcher), Whittaker, S. (Student) & Riddell, S. (Other)
ESRC
1/03/13 → 31/07/14
Project: Research

Schools for Higher Education Programme (SHEP) annual national meeting
Minty, S. (Invited speaker)
20 Apr 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

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Young people's attitudes towards tuition fees and debt in Scotland and England

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Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

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Projects

Improving young people’s knowledge of student finance in Scotland

Higher Education in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the Referendum on Independence

Activities

Schools for Higher Education Programme (SHEP) annual national meeting

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