E19 - The £9,250 Debate

In this episode, I discuss the argument of whether UK university students should be given a discount on their tuition fees for the 20/21 academic year due to it being delivered mostly online. Links University of Manchester 2018/19 Financial Statement (Page 16): https://www.shorturl.at/anv13 Student Living Costs in the UK 2020: https://www.savethestudent.org/money/student-budgeting/what-do-students-spend-their-money-on.html Open University: http://www.open.ac.uk/ Contact Us Twitter: @FinancialSon Email: [email protected] Episode Summary: Intro (00:11), Are students being educated any less being fully online? (01:15), Is the in-person university experience still available? (06:23), Are universities making any savings with classes being online? (07:26), Are students making a saving with classes being online? (13:57), My experience with my university education being fully online (18:50), The people that benefit from online university (20:56), Outro (23:03).