Cost of Uni Fees in 1989
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Hey i'm just doing a little bit of research and was wondering if anyone was able to help. I was hoping someone would be able to give me a rough guide to how much it would have cost for tution fees for a 3 year uni course in 1989? Any help would be great 
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No. That was 1992.
The Tories started the process when:
1) they expanded the higher education sector with a massive increase in the university student population, thus making the grants system unsustainable.
2) they froze grants & introduced loans which, so the lying politicians reassured, were to supplement or 'top up' the grant and not to replace them...:rolleyes:
When Tory Blair came to power they stopped pretending and scrapped the grants system entirely.
It's to the shame of the NUS that they gave in with a whimper to classic 'thin end of the wedge' tactics by the government.
We can see the same tactic being adopted today to eventually privatise the NHS... Do it by stealth... Get the public used to the idea... Then present a fait accompli.
Surely some people must have had PCs.
No-one I knew at the time. I remember it very clearly, as for my final year, I bought an Olivetti typewriter that could remember one line of type at a time, and it was regarded as a marvel amongst my peers.
PCs were primitive and bulky in 1989. Very few people had their own. The Apple Mac had a tiny screen but its GUI interface was revolutionary. Windows nicked the idea.
People still used manual or electronic typewriters or 'word processors'. Essays and coursework were normally handwritten.
I believe it was about 10% of school leavers.
If someone had to resit a year they usually had to pay the tuition fees themselves.
Yes because a resit year is an extra unnecessary year, as it was your own fault therefore at your own expense entirely. You resumed your grant entitlement when you pass and progress back onto your course as normal.
Except, as you point out "usually", if you had extenuating or compassionate circumstances that caused you to have to resit the year, then you could have the extra year's grant at the discretion of the award body.
Erm...no...Xerox developed the GUI and Apple and Microsoft were 'influenced' by it.
We had one. Though it was a family computer.
I went to uni in 1989 and had a BBC computer I used to write and print my work.
My son went in 1988.
I don't know about school leavers but there were only two from his primary school year that went to university.
I just remember it as being very expensive, the tuition was free but we had to pay all living expenses.
Which would have varied quite a bit depending on which course you're talking about (e.g. medicine much more expensive than arts), and presumably differed between different institutions.
And both rather expensive for students to have. I had an Amstrad PCW9512, which was basically a word processor (though allegedly could do other things), with a daisywheel printer. Luxury!
(probably still had a Spectrum in a cupboard too!)
I don't remember any Word Processor programs though.