Eapa3004 English For Academic Purposes Assessment Answers

Answer:

The universities in England are increasing the tuition fees every year since 2017 and it is declared that the price will hike upto £9,250 every year. The limit of the tuition fees is £9000. Though the government in England has still not published any rules or regulation for increasing the fees limit, yet the universities are going to charge higher fees than the present amount that is £9000. Furthermore, if the inflation rate increases upto 2.8%, the fees will increase ever year. It has also been stated earlier that in order to develop the quality of education in the universities, rise in fees price is fair and just. However, Mr. Johnson argument with the authorities highlighted a contradictory statement. He stated that no universities require such hike in fees price to impart education and develop the teaching qualities.  The sudden increase in price range has caused stress to the students especially from poor background to afford quality education (Chowdry et al. 2013). Some universities are still confused with the price hike. Universities like Kent and Surrey is still unable to decide to apply the fees price rise on the current students besides the new students (Padro 2015). 

In Universities in Australia, the tuition fees are $33,400 per year. The fees price in universities in Australia is the most expensive in the world. The increased cost of living makes the fees price hike further. The fees rate increases, if the higher-level progrogramme or degree is pursued. The bachelor degrees varies from $15,000 to $33,000 per year and the masters and Phd programmes fees varies from $14,000 to $37,000 per year. The fees are too expensive so the students have to take up few jobs to carry their education. The price charges of universities vary at different places. The students are allowed grants from the government if pursuing education from a commonwealth places (Hazelkorn 2015). The universities fee is further rising gradually. The students share their apartments due to increase in the cost of living.

Henceforth, it is a matter of concern for students to pursue higher education in terms of affordability, especially to the poorer and foreign students. The students have to do various small jobs to afford the universities fees which hampers their education. Such price hike is not required for improving the quality of education if the students’ effectiveness and productivity get affected and worsening the situation.

Reference:

Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. and Vignoles, A., 2013. Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 176(2), pp.431-457.

Hazelkorn, E., 2015. Rankings and the reshaping of higher education: The battle for world-class excellence. Springer.

Padro, F.F., 2015. Quality in higher education.