Now that student fees in the UK are £9,000, you do wonder what lengths some graduates will be going to in order to pay off their debts. And it makes you wonder even harder when you learn that a Dutch girl has streaked across an Amsterdam square to get a company to pay for her fees.
Why are we wondering so very hard about this? Well, Dutch tuition fees are only a sixth of the yearly cost British students have to cough up each year to get through further education. Yep, that woman ran in the middle of a rainy, crowded square for the equivalent of £1,500.
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We know it’s definitely a publicity stunt. Posted to YouTube by Super Student and reported on by The Mirror, it combines slapstick with a naked woman, which is basically just one sleepy cat away from being clickbaity viral gold. But there’s something we can learn from it.
If one Dutch girl is willing to run about naked for just £1,500, we can think of a great many British students who’d be willing to strip off for their degrees. Even a straw poll of our office says that most people would strongly consider ditching their clothes for a few minutes for £9,000 lopped off of what they owe the Student Loans Company (warning, they charge interest).
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What does that mean for students right now? We can’t definitely say, as one girl running about naked is hardly a report in British student behaviour, and her being from the continent might totally affect her cultural attitudes to sex. But if this is what she’s doing for her degree, what on earth must the UK’s students and graduates be doing to get by?
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.