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Old 21st June 2007, 3:23pm   #1
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Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

I personally don't think it is fair that just because I graduated last year, I have to pay the £2,000 that this year's graduates and those in future (quite rightly) don't have to pay.

If you agree with me, please join this group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2637251205&ref=mf

There you will find contact details for the education minister so you can put your concerns down on paper.

Depending on responses to these letters, we can discuss any further action on the wall of the Facebook account.

Many thanks,

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Old 21st June 2007, 3:32pm   #2
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

all is fair in love and war (and education).
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Old 21st June 2007, 3:38pm   #3
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

They have to draw the cut-off line somewhere. Wherever they cut it someone's going to feel hard done by.
Basically, it's tough luck.
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Old 21st June 2007, 3:39pm   #4
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

I don't think it's fair that kids get paid to stay on at school these days and I didn't, but that's just how these things happen.
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

Aye, as Les said.
It's just "tough luck"..
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Old 21st June 2007, 3:45pm   #6
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

You’re getting no sympathy around here. As Les said, the change has to start somewhere. You’re on the wrong side of the line. Tough luck.
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Old 21st June 2007, 4:41pm   #7
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

I'm also in the camp of having to pay since I graduated already, which is very annoying as it's £2k I don't have to spare right now and it's going to fuck up my achievement of being debt free after uni, but as others have said someone was going to be the last through the gates. Whomever that is has every right to be irked about it, but petitioning the Executive to be 'not it' is childish and downright stupid.
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Old 21st June 2007, 6:22pm   #8
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

Somebody call the Waaaambulance, there's a lot of whining going on in the first post.
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Old 22nd June 2007, 2:40pm   #9
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

*Shrugs* I'm certainly not chuffed that my friends who repeated a year (while i made it through first time) actually have less of a debt than I do, but there's not a lot to be done. It's not like we're the ONLY year to have to pay it, and anyway at least we're not English, who have to pay a couple of grand a year, not just once.

Mind you, I'm always up for signing a petition that says "It's not fair! Cos I say so!"
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Old 22nd June 2007, 6:26pm   #10
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

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I'm also in the camp of having to pay since I graduated already, which is very annoying as it's £2k I don't have to spare right now and it's going to fuck up my achievement of being debt free after uni, but as others have said someone was going to be the last through the gates. Whomever that is has every right to be irked about it, but petitioning the Executive to be 'not it' is childish and downright stupid.
to this and all similar posts - even though I don't have to pay it as I've a year left, some people did, and you can't just backtrack it to eternity. One way or another, people are going to get hit hard - just like those who started uni the year after top up fees were introduced in England - should they get their 3k back? No. Someone had to lose out *I opposed that introduction, but that's moot*
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Old 22nd June 2007, 6:41pm   #11
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

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*Shrugs* I'm certainly not chuffed that my friends who repeated a year (while i made it through first time) actually have less of a debt than I do, but there's not a lot to be done. It's not like we're the ONLY year to have to pay it, and anyway at least we're not English, who have to pay a couple of grand a year, not just once.

Mind you, I'm always up for signing a petition that says "It's not fair! Cos I say so!"
But on the other hand, your friends that had to resit will have had to pay either for tution fees for the year they are resitting or for courses if its exam only. Not to mention the loss of earnings by having to resit.

Like many have said. They have to draw the line someone where. Its just unlucky
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

I missed grants by one year. Wah wah wah.
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

Fuck man, add it to the student loan and it's about £10 a month. Deal with it. If you can consider paying it straight up you have no grounds to complain on anyway.
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

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I personally don't think it is fair that just because I graduated last year, I have to pay the £2,000 that this year's graduates and those in future (quite rightly) don't have to pay.

If you agree with me, please join this group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2637251205&ref=mf

There you will find contact details for the education minister so you can put your concerns down on paper.

Depending on responses to these letters, we can discuss any further action on the wall of the Facebook account.

Many thanks,

Ben Miller
(Glasgow Uni 2002-06 and QMU 2002-the end of time!)
For someone that's just graduated, you need to grow the fuck up and deal with life not being fair. Cos it's only going to get worse.

And seriously, in a country where anyone can propose a bill to the Scottish Parliament, the best form of political protest that you can come up with is a Facebook group? E-petition to the Parliament FTW.
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Old 23rd June 2007, 6:02pm   #15
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Re: Do you think it is fair about graduate endowmen fees?

Everything I wanted to say has already been said, dammit.
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