It’s the news students have been waiting for… A newly launched website is offering a competition to win a £27,000 degree.
The “once-in-a-lifetime” prize will cover the spiralling cost of tuition fees for any standard undergraduate course.
It promises to pay up to £9,000 per year to a university, college or other recognised higher educational facility in England, Scotland and Wales for a maximum of three years.
The competition, which costs £5 to enter, is believed to be the first of its kind anywhere in the world.
It is being promoted by new experience website Dream-Extreme.co.uk, which offers unique prizes “for less than the price of a glass of wine”.
A spokesman for the site said the contest would enable the winner to enter higher education without being “burdened with debt for life”.
He said: “We sincerely hope that this once-in-a-lifetime competition will open the doors to higher education and will encourage more young people to think laterally about their future.
“Put simply, we believe it will allow one lucky person the chance to complete a university degree or equivalent without being burdened with debt for life.”
According to recent figures, more than half of students currently taking A-Levels are not planning to go to university or are undecided about taking up a place because they can't afford the cost.
Almost half said they plan to go straight into employment after their A-levels or equivalent studies. A further 12 per cent were unsure what they would do.
Earlier this year, The Office of Fair Access announced that every one of the 123 universities and university colleges in England intends to charge £6,000 or more to full time undergraduates from the autumn of 2012.
Other figures suggest that almost three-quarters of English universities and university colleges intend to charge £9,000 for at least some of their courses.
According to Dream-Extreme.co.uk, the promise of free tuition fees will also ensure the lucky winner comes away with a “first-class degree”.
“With nothing financial to worry about, it makes sense that the winner concentrates his or her efforts on the task at hand – having a great time and securing a first-class degree in the process,” he said.
The contest – which went live in December and runs until tickets are sold out– will be based on a simple ‘spot the ball’ competition.
The lucky winner is the entrant who chooses the correct spot on the image. If more than one entrant picks the same spot, their names will be entered into a draw and chosen at random.
By Chris Marks, TheNationalStudent.com, 20th December 2011
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