I think that the attack on "low value" degrees must be seen as part of the general attack on living standards of the general population. In ye badde olde dayes, there were no loans, let alone grants, and your family had to find the money for you to go to University. We're heading back to that. Loans - increasingly and rightly being seen as unrepayable and hence a yoke of oppression - constituted the first step along that road.
There used to be a time when hardly anybody went to uni, and the ones who did were the elite. They would study Latin and Greek then float their way into the law, civil service, "management". But it was still possible for ordinary people to progress through apprenticeships and day release. Then in the 1980's education was used as a way to disguise unemployment, then Tony Blair came up with Education, Education, Education. There needs to be an assessment of what mass degree education is for. I cannot see the point of life long debt for a degree in English, Geography, History, and then trying to find a job that people could have gone into at 18. The whole thing needs a re-think
I think that the attack on "low value" degrees must be seen as part of the general attack on living standards of the general population. In ye badde olde dayes, there were no loans, let alone grants, and your family had to find the money for you to go to University. We're heading back to that. Loans - increasingly and rightly being seen as unrepayable and hence a yoke of oppression - constituted the first step along that road.
There used to be a time when hardly anybody went to uni, and the ones who did were the elite. They would study Latin and Greek then float their way into the law, civil service, "management". But it was still possible for ordinary people to progress through apprenticeships and day release. Then in the 1980's education was used as a way to disguise unemployment, then Tony Blair came up with Education, Education, Education. There needs to be an assessment of what mass degree education is for. I cannot see the point of life long debt for a degree in English, Geography, History, and then trying to find a job that people could have gone into at 18. The whole thing needs a re-think
Really interesting stats on demographics at Hallam. Hallam has always felt more connected to our city than SHU.. ..i like it even more now.
Sunak could add this 'idea' to his other 5 key policies that he can't achieve (thank goodness).