Higher Fees for Students: Is Uni Still Worth It?

We ask people in Birmingham

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00:00They're putting the price up. I suppose they're going to have to put the price up, it's a

00:06sad thing, you know. I think, you know, years ago it was rich people that got to go to university.

00:14Nowadays at least everybody's in with a chance and if you earn the money you can pay it back

00:19I suppose.

00:20I think it would put me off, I'll be honest. Thank God when I went to university years

00:24ago I didn't have to pay these fees. I paid for my masters, I'll be honest, but I was

00:31able to do it over two years and still be working. I think the way the crisis is at

00:37the moment with energy and living costs, unless you're from an affluent background, it's going

00:44to make it more difficult for working class people.

00:46I didn't go down that route because of A, the costs and B, it's just very ridiculous

00:50at the minute. It might put people off, especially foreign students coming over to the UK, but

00:55if that's what they've got to do, they've got to do it. I mean, it's what the government says.