Comment Re:No real surprises. (Score 1) 112
It was not entirely based on how academic you were, it was also based on how many places existed and were funded. There was a cap on university placements to fit within the funding. A key part of the thinking for the tutorial fees (which I am personally against, but for this post will argue its rationale for existing) was to remove that cap and have placements based on demand.
Student loans came in early 90s rather than mid - I'm from the first year ever to have them, and I gradated in 1992.
Student loans came in early 90s rather than mid - I'm from the first year ever to have them, and I gradated in 1992.