How will the 2015 election effect students

Now that the dust has settled and we are into the first conservative government majority since 1992, a lot of students are asking how it will effect them.

The main concerns on the various student forums are to do with tuition fees, and if they will rise.  That seems to be almost inevitable in the current climate.

Given the current distaste for increased public borrowing, a dwindling tax base as our population ages overall and the face that government now has to rob Peter to pay Paul, the chances that student fees will remain static over the next 5 years is a remote one.

One way of dealing with this is making sure that you budget correctly, and we have dealt with that in an earlier post.  Finding accommodation where various costs are included, like heating, is another way of making sure that you don't get any nasty financial surprises.