Kate Pickett on the comparative costs of UK and German higher education; Lorenza Antonucci sees increasing inequalities; Sally Tomlinson on the sustainability of Germany’s low fees; plus Pete Dorey and Robert WallsNick Hillman (Letters,21 December) claims to be “a enormous fan” of Danny Dorling (Lets say Auf Wiedersehen to our rip-off tuition fees, 19 December) yet criticises his statistics without providing any source for his own. Dorling and Ben Hennig’s data is the most recent available, or uses the proper method to look at children’s life chances,and shows that a higher number and higher proportion of young people proceed to university in Germany than in the UK.When Hillman asserts that the UK “spends more than Germany educating each student”, he fails to recognise that this is not wonderful if it is a consequence of our universities being more expensive – costing more and delivering less.
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Source: theguardian.com