While university has its perks (living with friends; creating your own schedule; drinking two-for-one VKs), it's hard to overlook how much money the experience costs UK students.
The average student debut is £50,800, according to the BBC, with tuition fees and maintenance loans meaning graduates are faced with a hefty bill to pay back when they leave.
The same cannot be said for Danish students, though. In fact, students in Denmark are actually paid to attend college, under the Statens Uddannelsesstøtte programme.
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Per Washington Post, Danes over the age of 18 are entitled to funding from the state for up to six years post-school, if they choose to study. Students who don't live with their parents receive approx 5,839 Danish krones (around £693) a month as a grant, meaning they don't ever have to pay it back.
This is because tax is much higher in Denmark than the UK - a minimum of 36% of their income, as opposed to the UK's 20% (per BBC Three) - which means the government has more funding to pump back into Denmark's society.
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By paying students to attend university, the hope is that every young person has equal opportunities to study if they wish, Mads Hammer Larsen, a press spokesperson for the Danish Ministry of Education, explains.
"The aim of the support scheme is to ensure that it is not the social and economic standing of potential students but abilities and interests that decides about educational success", he told Washington Post.
And it definitely makes sense - according to National Union of Students (NUS) figures from 2016, 50% of students in the UK feel unable to afford basic rent and bills, because their maintenance loan isn't enough to cover every day life.
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