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Originally Posted by pig
The problem is in my opinion that you can argue the sector is run more like a business now. Charging £3000 a year for home students and £10000 a year for international students is some serious money coming into a University. Why should the university pay people the same wage when they are now making three times the money? It doesnt make sense.
If Universities in Britain want to survive as reputable institutions (British Universities are still quite highly regarded across the world) then they need to be at the forefront of thinking, intelect and research. Now if you are a top academic and you are faced with being paid $100,000 plus in the USA or £30,000 in Britain (where the Universities are often under funded in comparison to its american counterparts and doesnt have as many resources to help with research etc) where would you choose?
There will be an intelectual drain from this country where by many top academics could go overseas to advance there research and be better paid. For people who are specialists in there subjects and are educating generations they are being treated like shit.
I believe the government looks down on the Public sector thinking it can bully it. I genuinely think that there is a lack of funding in the public sector for wages in Health, Education et al. For people who are specialists and providing a top class service they are looked down on and treated like shit. If they didnt have half a social conscience this country and many others would be ****ed.
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The Uni fees in this country though are pocket change in comparision to many other nations. for example in the states. Ofc people in this country throw a fit when faced with even these small fees as we are used to the idea that free education is a right. If we want our Uni's to once again be up there with the best the world has to offer and have the best aceademics working at them then this has to change as something thats still majoritly funded by the state cant compete with the 'business's' that educational estalishments have become elsewhere in the world
And i'm sure the 3k probally helps and can be used to cover some wage increases but its not just in number and quality of acedemics where we are falling behind in but in infrastructure and resources and improvements in these areas need to be made using this fee also so its not like they have 3k per pupil to spend on wages alone
In this day and age where capatalism is king we cant expect to have well funded, top class public serices which are manned by the best in their field whom are being paid the wages they deserve as they simply arent compatable