University Fees

Date : 27 October 2002

To : The Editor, The Business

From : Nagindas Khajuria

Subject : University Fees

UNIVERSITY FEES

Sir - Seventy per cent of university mega-mergers have failed, so it's best to concentrate on quality rather than quantity. According to 1997 OECD statistics, 24% of UK females and 19% of males aged 16 to 24 were inactive or unemployed. In other EU countries (apart from Italy) and the US, the percentages were much lower.

These issues should be addressed before university mergers. Mahatma Gandhi said : "I do not want mass production, I want production by the masses."