Why do so many people pay £9250 a year for university and then not turn up to the classes?
wtf where can i get money to throw around like that
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It's a loan with 6% interest. So at the end of the average degree students are £40-50k in debt. On top of that when education becomes commodified the number one priority becomes profit, the standards fall and you also get a lot of degrees that mean absolutely nothing but still get charged full whack for the "product".
Education should be free from cradle to grave.
Education should be free from cradle to grave.
AndrewtheAlu · M
@gol979 i agree 100% and would add that schools and colleges and unis should not be able to spend so much on advertising either. They don't care about the students once they've paid - the focus is on bringing the next ones in next year.
SW-User
@gol979 i agree on the free at point of service issue this to enable free unrestricted (other than academic ability) access irrespective of back ground, there must also be a provision for subsistence of students from poorer backgrounds. Wealth doesn't grow great minds, great minds grow wealth as it were!
gol979 · 41-45, M
@AndrewtheAlu you're in the system mate and it's good to have a critical eye.
You should have a look at their accounts (they should be public). I went to college last year and wasn't overly chuffed with the lessons on site. All we were told to do was print off spreadsheets and work of them. On top of that we would on!y get these emails 1-2 hours before the lesson started which inevitably led most of the class having to print it all off at college.......which surprise surprise, charged for the privilege.
That college made a profit of £30 million (it's a group of 3). Insane.
You should have a look at their accounts (they should be public). I went to college last year and wasn't overly chuffed with the lessons on site. All we were told to do was print off spreadsheets and work of them. On top of that we would on!y get these emails 1-2 hours before the lesson started which inevitably led most of the class having to print it all off at college.......which surprise surprise, charged for the privilege.
That college made a profit of £30 million (it's a group of 3). Insane.
gol979 · 41-45, M
@SW-User of course. The student digs need a serious look at, again it's just private landlords that are coining it in. And another surprise here, the Tories (of which 87 Mps are property managers) voted to not have as a baseline for rented accommodation, to be habitual for humans....and that's not to mention all the councillors that have multiple properties (all parties).
I know one of my local councillors has 7 properties (they have to.list them in the public records) and one of them is a crack house.
Oh and he is on the tenant committee lol
I know one of my local councillors has 7 properties (they have to.list them in the public records) and one of them is a crack house.
Oh and he is on the tenant committee lol