Sir, The latest proposal to “encourage” students to live at home by removing both fees and grants once again highlights the Government’s abysmal inability to grasp the real purpose of education (“Living off the bank of mum and dad: the students who swap loans for free tuition”, July 9).
Historically wars, heavy industry and National Service took young people, principally young men, and turned them from boys into men. They were either away from home or earning enough to offer partial independence and thus, through either route, matured into adults who made a contribution to society.
Mercifully, world wars do not happen any more and, possibly regrettably, National Service and much heavy industry has disappeared. Over the past 20 years the continued pressure to