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fatboy said:I am slightly concerned that employers will look at degree classification, and not subject studied and university studied at when interviewing prospective employees.
fatbadger said:I agree Richie - the whole problem is this idea that 50% of school leavers should go to uni. The rhetoric is that it widens access - it doesn't, it only deepens access, i.e. the thick middle classes get in. Stop this happening and this will improve.
bhaexpress said:I mean, in theory, how much use is a degree in Geography, History, English Lit, Art socialism ?
Richie Morris said:It will open up access for poor students to attend top universities because they will get all their fees paid for, in essence those students dont lose out, its the LEA that foot the bill.
bhaexpress said:
I wonder how many students at Unis are being short changed by incompetent teaching.
Richie Morris said:It will open up access for poor students to attend top universities because they will get all their fees paid for, in essence those students dont lose out, its the LEA that foot the bill.
Richie Morris said:I have to agree with this. Most of our lecturers are more interested in their own private research which is funded in the main by the books they publish and them pressure us to buy over over publications. Lecturers at my uni are generally not interested in students problems and regularly just dont turn up for lectures because they have other engagements.
This is why I for one am in favour of restructuring their pay. Some do a brillaint job, but they are slowly becoming the minority.
bhaexpress said:Doesn't that happen a lot though ? For example, the IT indistry aren't really too impressed with IT graduates as the technology they are taught on more often than not is out of date. It's nobody's fault it just because the industry changes so rapidly.
I mean, in theory, how much use is a degree in Geography, History, English Lit, Art socialism ?
Having a degree indicates to an employer that the holder of same has some sort of intelligence and the ability to learn, two very inportant qualities to an employer.
I have to admit that I don't know much about top up fees but in the main I'm not against them. It's unfair though that different Universities can charge pretty much what they like. Fees should be unilateral, simple as that.
Bwian said:English you're studying is it Matt
Richie Morris said:I have to agree with this. Most of our lecturers are more interested in their own private research which is funded in the main by the books they publish and them pressure us to buy over over publications. Lecturers at my uni are generally not interested in students problems and regularly just dont turn up for lectures because they have other engagements.
This is why I for one am in favour of restructuring their pay. Some do a brillaint job, but they are slowly becoming the minority.
fatboy said:Congratulations Richie. That is the best post you have ever made.
I don't agree with it entirely, but I agree with certain points about being pressured into buying your lecturers text book (at £50 a go).
In my experience my lecturers are very helpful, and always have time to answer an email or whatever. On the other hand many of them are crap. They are often cancelling lectures for other engagements and this time does not always get made up.
CAFC Matt said:My lecturers are quite good. Hardly any are cancelled. They answer e-mails and are very good in helping with assignments. have no complaints
fatboy said:What really me off are the foreign PHD students who take our seminars. I am sure they may know every economic concept under the sun. But if they canot communicate with me in English then they really are about as much help as a hairdryer to Crabtree.