UK Graduate Tax 英国的“毕业税”
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_5645800/bbc_tae_274_uk_graduate_tax_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]The UK government are proposing a [b]graduate tax[/b] for students in the future.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Currently, students are[b] lent[/b] money from the government to cover fees and they pay back the money once they are earning over £15,000 (130,000 yuan) a year.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The new scheme would see students repaying their [b]tuition fees[/b] when they are working, through a graduate tax.[/p][p=21, 2, left]This [b]proposal[/b] would see [b]higher-earning[/b] graduates paying more and is said to be a [b]fairer system[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]At the moment there is an [b]ongoing[/b] review into university fees and students are [b]bracing themselves[/b] for the outcome.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-07-22/77fcaf778eda95e01e248ead24490055.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]Graduates want fairer university funding[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]Some have [b]predicted[/b] that tuition fees could double, causing more and more students to worry about their personal student [b]debt[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]The union [b]representing[/b] lecturers, the UCU, is worried that the graduate tax scheme would just be a "[b]rebrand[/b]" for student debt and not change the current situation.[/p][p=21, 2, left]So what do students make of the graduate tax? Well the National Union of Students says they are pleased and see the proposal of a graduate tax as a [b]milestone[/b] in a campaign [b]to ensure[/b] fairer university funding.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The NUS want to make sure that graduate [b]contributions[/b] are [b]determined[/b]on actual earnings.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The government still have to look into how [b]feasible[/b] the new scheme would be but they have stated that there needs to be a "[b]radical re-think[/b]" on how the higher education system is funded.[/p][p=21, 2, left]They have called for other [b]measures[/b] to cut the cost of university, such as two-year degrees, more part-time and flexible courses and more students living in their family home.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The [b]announcement[/b] comes at the same time as thousands of people are set to miss out on a UK university place. This is due to a record increase in the amount of people applying to go into further education[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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