Island Wide Voting Firstly, there is no equal alternative to Cambridge in any ranking table. Quite simply, it is the best university available in the UK, meaning that there are no 'equally good alternatives'. What the States is attempting to do, to their credit, is fantastic, because they are attempting to create a level playing field for all students regardless of differences in financial means. All four institutions quoted in the article are incredibly popular with Guernsey students due to their specialisation in certain subject areas and their very high level of reputation for future employers. To suggest that local students who are capable of getting into these universities should apply to other universities that do not offer the same level of opportunity because of fee issues that were out of their control is ludicrous. How can you expect Guernsey to develop for the future when their best students cannot attend the UK's best institutions? Surely you do not want a return to the days where only the rich elite went to the best universities and the poorer citizens, despite no difference in intelligence or capability, were left to universities that could not provide the same levels of opportunity? Further, this year's intake were only alerted about the fee changes after the application deadline had passed. Cambridge applicants in particular had already had their interviews and therefore had no knowledge of which universities they would be supported at, and those at which they wouldn't. Certainly, these students should not be disadvantaged with lesser or even no grants when they had no control over the circumstances. How would you feel if you had applied to one of these universities, but were held back by a refusal of a government grant?
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