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Britain is now completing the process of destroying its educational sector
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI know a few pretty thick PhDs.
Work experience is lacking from the educational system."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI know a few pretty thick PhDs.
I know one individual who has a first class maths honours degree and didn't know what s = ut + 1/2 at** or v - u = at meant.Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View PostI knew of one some time ago who earned a living by selling car brake parts at auto jumbles. What a waste of resources. Apart from perhaps medicine, our educational system awards individuals qualifications in subjects which invariably are of limited use in the market place. Arts subjects tend to be of less use than science subjects on that score. In all my long career, I've only met 2 people who had a computer science degree and who were working in IT. Others here might have had a different experience, but in the main, most had degrees un-related to IT.
I know one individual who has a first class maths honours degree and didn't know what s = ut + 1/2 at** or v - u = at meant.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View PostIt's been HMG policy for some time to keep youngsters off the dole queue using any means. Keeping them in full time education for 3 to 5 years is a good way of doing this.
Kept me in a "job" for years.
Originally posted by sasguru View PostIf you're recruiting, avoid graduates of the following universities:
20 universities account for bulk of rise in unconditional places | Education | The Guardian
It's been much further down than that in the past.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 26 September 2019, 15:24.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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No surprises here... You just need to look to the amount of new student accommodations being built every year at (for example) Manchester and the astronomic prices charged to easily understand that for several years education became a very profitable business and when profit is the main goal quality becomes less and less important!"The boy who cried Sheep"Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostSh1te story bro.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by CryingSheep View PostNo surprises here... You just need to look to the amount of new student accommodations being built every year at (for example) Manchester and the astronomic prices charged to easily understand that for several years education became a very profitable business and when profit is the main goal quality becomes less and less important!
More and more of these blocks are being built in Swansea.
There's a block of 560 or so rooms going up at the junction of Fabian Way and King's Road.
It'll all come out in the wash I suppose.
Not that students are known for washing much.
Computer Games students least of all.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View PostI know one individual who has a first class maths honours degree and didn't know what s = ut + 1/2 at** or v - u = at meant.
It's all very well kids getting unconditional offers, but how many make it into the second year? At some European universities they'll take anyone into the first year. But 50% or so fail or drop out during that time.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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My daughter had an unconditional offer this year ( Birmingham to study Law ).
The thing you might not know is that these "unconditional" offers are actually, conditionally-unconditional offers.
The condition being that you have to accept the offer as your first choice, rather than waiting for your exam results.
This is very poor practise as it puts a lot of pressure on the kids to choose the unconditional offer rather than putting down their preferred first place choice.
The other trick the Uni's do is to only make their best accommodation available to first-years who put the Uni down as their first choice.Comment
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