Free University Places for Ex-Service Personnel

Created By John Farrington Over a month ago

Granting free university places for ex-Service personnell

I believe that all ex-Service who have served the country for 3 years should be granted free university places at taxpayers' expense. Something similar happens in the US and if the Government here is serious about its professed admiration for HM Forces then it should be putting its money where its mouth is and provide these free places for the best of British. They get precious little, if anything, when they leave and this itself is a national scandal. Instead of (still) allowing massive bonuses for Bankers and civil servants money should be put aside for the best people in our society - the people who put their lives on the line, the men and women of the 3 armed services.

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Marie Johnson Posts: 12 12/27/2014	lets hope the armed forces covenant is more than a paper exercise and has active substance incorporated into policies and procedures at each level of the organisations councils
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kevin barry Posts: 4 6/9/2014	government should reward ex servicemen with the same largess that they reward themselves, then we would have no complaints, but they are too busy filling out yet more expenses claim forms to do that
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WARRICK-K#25% CAMERON-ABEL Posts: 14 8/6/2013	I think there is the Enhance Learning credit but you need to register 2 months from passout
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Don Howat Posts: 4 6/18/2013	I wish I knew funding could have been available, instead of working my way through uni and paying for it all myself, no bank of mum
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WARRICK-K#25% CAMERON-ABEL Posts: 14 3/31/2013	Do they provide for us in Fiji who served 6 years in the royal marines and got send back
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Frank Rodgers Posts: 3 7/26/2012	Extract of "The Nations Commitment: Support our Armed Forces, their families and Veterans." MOD July 2008. 2.27 Education and Training for Service Leavers. "All Service leavers with over 6 years service will have the opportunity to achieve their first level 3 qualification (A level or vocational...
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Anthony Shaw Posts: 1 7/8/2012	I was awarded a scholarship to pay for a good part of my degree studied for with a College in the USA by the US government because I am an ex-serviceman (Royal Navy). Why cant our own government do this?
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Frank Rodgers Posts: 3 6/10/2012	US Free Tuition For Veterans. Six states assist veterans wishing to pursue higher education by offering a complete tuition waver at state-sponsored colleges and universities. Following states offering tuition wavers to qualified veterans - Connecticut - the waver covers tuition at public colleges...
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Brian Bevan Posts: 6 3/22/2012	AGE should not be in the discussion it is totally irrelevant.
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Dave Kelley Posts: 2 2/18/2012	I am a post graduate student, but because I left the Forces in 1981 (invalided out) according to the MoD I dont qualify as my service was too long ago. The sooner we have a Government and Civil Service that like our brothers and sisters in arms in the Commonwealth and US appreciate our veterans,...
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