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cannedmoose
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4391888.stm
I agree with this entirely. Half the kids at university now shouldn't be there. It's just become another opportunity to escape work for 3 more years. My own supervisor has told me he feels about 1/3 of his students don't have what it takes to pass a degree, but somehow managed to get good enough A-level grades to get into university.
The higher education system in the UK is totally unbalanced. What we need are vocational colleges for those pursuing the non-academic route and universities for academic subjects. |
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thebrix
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| cannedmoose wrote: |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4391888.stm
I agree with this entirely. Half the kids at university now shouldn't be there. It's just become another opportunity to escape work for 3 more years. My own supervisor has told me he feels about 1/3 of his students don't have what it takes to pass a degree, but somehow managed to get good enough A-level grades to get into university.
The higher education system in the UK is totally unbalanced. What we need are vocational colleges for those pursuing the non-academic route and universities for academic subjects. |
Well, my course - nearly 20 years ago - started with 93 people and ended up with 24 at the end of the four years, so nothing is new 
(The point about vocational courses is right; I sometimes feel the educational system is so laden with irrationality and prejudices the only way to do anything with it is to start again).
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cannedmoose
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| thebrix wrote: |
| Well, my course - nearly 20 years ago - started with 93 people and ended up with 24 at the end of the four years, so nothing is new |
The problem today is that of those 93, probably 80 or more would be there at the end of 4 years, even if they emerged with just a third-class degree which isn't worth the paper it's written on. The drop-out rate at UK universities is tiny. |
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