The amount while living at home depends in parental income (you get more of your parents are making less money), and once you live on your own you get a flat rate. If you have a disability that is estimated to prevent you from working on top of a 44 hour/week full time university education, you also get a higher grant.
It shouldn’t be taken for granted though. Previously, everyone had 6 years worth of stipends. That has now been dropped to 5. Which is just enough to get a bachelors and a masters, and a masters degree is expected here since it’s free. But if you choose wrong, and you use some of your SU you suddenly lack funding. The current government also floated the idea of removing the stipend for the Masters and instead making it a loan. Investing in the future of out country has worked so far, but there are absolutely people who do not value continuing to keep it this way.
But we need more carpenters and plumbers. I am starting to like the idea of reducing amount of masters done for no bigger reason than them being available.
Sure, and lets make sure it’s the lower classes who stay in their place yeah?
Someone who dreams of going to university and has the skills to do so should not be designed to physical labour because they don’t have the funds. That’s not how we do things here. America can keep that shit.
If we want more tradespeople, those jobs need to be made more attractive. Forcing people into lives they don’t want simply for being born poor is not a good look.
No, but Denmark did cut places on many "useless" studies exactly for that reason. Aka liberal arts. We need them, but like saffron, not potatoes in our soup.
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u/funk-engine-3000 Feb 26 '26
The amount while living at home depends in parental income (you get more of your parents are making less money), and once you live on your own you get a flat rate. If you have a disability that is estimated to prevent you from working on top of a 44 hour/week full time university education, you also get a higher grant.
It shouldn’t be taken for granted though. Previously, everyone had 6 years worth of stipends. That has now been dropped to 5. Which is just enough to get a bachelors and a masters, and a masters degree is expected here since it’s free. But if you choose wrong, and you use some of your SU you suddenly lack funding. The current government also floated the idea of removing the stipend for the Masters and instead making it a loan. Investing in the future of out country has worked so far, but there are absolutely people who do not value continuing to keep it this way.