Jill Matthias

Our UK universities are always striving to be the best, especially when it comes to competing with the best overseas universities such as Harvard and Yale. However money is needed to do this, and that money often comes from the students. This is becoming even harder and harder as living costs and tuition fees rise many potential students are being put off by the huge debts that many graduates are left with. Also sometimes you need to find educational websites with types of essays or guides and tutorials, also sometimes you need to buy your works, because you don't have time for it.

So how can Universities strive to give the best education whilst still giving their students value for money. Many ideas have been put forward some of which include the following:

• Graduate Tax – This would see an alternative to paying tuition fees and instead would offer British students the option to take an increased income tax percentage for the remainder of their working life.

• Only charge for certain courses – This would make traditionally difficult courses such as maths, science and engineering free encouraging more students to study in these much needed areas.

• Raising the Retirement Age – This would see graduates having to retire at a later age than those who did not attend university, as statistically graduates live longer.

Whichever option the government decide to take, it is clear something will need to be done so that people are encouraged rather than discouraged from going to university.