tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post2524117212130232397..comments2024-03-29T01:18:59.578+00:00Comments on The Thoughts of Chairman Bill: Blood Money for a Jimmy DegreeChairman Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02104786653126767184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-55628694687156032362011-11-10T14:51:23.623+00:002011-11-10T14:51:23.623+00:00Martin/Alan/Mile - the enlightened may well be wil...Martin/Alan/Mile - the enlightened may well be willing to pay more tax, but any party that campaigns for a tax increase will never get into government. That's a simple fact. <br /><br />Half of those going to university today would never have gotten in 30 or 40 years ago when it was truly free.<br /><br />I did a vocational qualification, which today is considered the equivalent of an MSc. Thank God the marine industry has retained the vocational route.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-64830673198727040022011-11-10T14:38:56.900+00:002011-11-10T14:38:56.900+00:00I too would pay higher tax for higher education. W...I too would pay higher tax for higher education. What are the alternatives? More and more youth unemployment and an inevitably growth in the disenfranchised and the "Lumpen". The problem is not the "young" or "dumbing-down", it is the general decline in society that has taken place throughout the latter part of the 20th C and this. <br /><br />I took an Economics Degree, as a Mature Student, in the 70s at a Polytechnic and the course was, according to the Times Education Supplement, more mathematically based than Oxbridge. What was, and probably is still, missing is the Social Networking and contacts afforded by attending Oxbridge Colleges.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378637587289025611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-16913975823537956242011-11-10T13:07:14.307+00:002011-11-10T13:07:14.307+00:00Can I hereby declare in public that I for one woul...Can I hereby declare in public that I for one would support an increase in taxation to pay for higher education. And why, oh why, is the increase in numbers going to university always a result of dumbing-down rather than an increase in educational attainment. Given the changes in society and the money we have invested in the education system over the last 50 years we are entitled to expect more people to qualify for university.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809146912677894496.post-75341823854262836092011-11-10T08:24:34.137+00:002011-11-10T08:24:34.137+00:00I worked in a 'Russell Group' University f...I worked in a 'Russell Group' University for eleven years, and witnessed the negative changes brought about by 'widening participation'. Many of the so-called 'new' universities are still polytechnics wearing a shiny badge.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.com