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Lazy Students : STOP PRESS: NEWSPAPER EDITOR IN NEPOTISM SHOCK!

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:24:10 +0000

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Lazy Students : Why shouldn't medics and engineers pay higher fees?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:35:49 +0000

£100,000 return for a £20,000 investment? Not a bad return. And that's the average, which necessarily includes bad degrees from bad universities. If you go to to a good uni and get a good degree, you're likely to earn much more. "come on, you've just said no one would complain at an extra £3.50 a week - even if earning as little as £17k - - make your mind up !!!!" I don't mind paying £3.50 a week for something I've used and benefited from. I would mind paying £3.50 a week from something I haven't used or benefited from. Do you see the difference?

Lazy Students : Why shouldn't medics and engineers pay higher fees?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:38:23 +0000

"cool no lets do it your way … lets ask an extra £3.50 a week = £182 a year from each of the UKs 30 million taxpayers (not just those earning as little as £17 k and indebted from being a student ) I make that £ 5 1/2 billion a year and as you say ( you do say this don't you ??) we'd barely feel it ! no one would complain over such a miniscule rise in tax !! yet that would pay for tuition fees nearly three times over !!!" Okay, let's talk about your £3.50 poll tax. One, it's regressive, as it taxes everyone the same amount - I thought you were in favour of taxing those who could afford it more. Two, why should someone on a low income pay extra for me to go to university and study history? Why should they pay for something which gives them no benefit? People would complain, and they would have every right to. Making graduates pay as much of their tuition as they can is the only fair way of doing it, as they are the ones who benefit most and who get the extra money in the long run from being more qualified.

Lazy Students : Why shouldn't medics and engineers pay higher fees?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:53:01 +0000

Those sums are correct, well done. If you think £3.50 a week is a lot at £17,000, then I just can't argue you with you.

Lazy Students : Government want students to do community service - and pay for it themselves

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:14:20 +0000

[I will repost the missing comment] James: I agree with your take on this issue. The drive for universal mandatory national service is also underway in the US, and I have been writing about this topic for some time now. last week, I also picked up on the report coming from the think tank Demos, which made the recommendation for the mandatory service requirement for UK students, and wrote an article about this his at my blog ( http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/JG_Blog.html#084 ). You might be interested in taking a look at my website for a fuller discussion relating to the philosophical issues underlying this abomination. I support your outrage and recommend that you do everything possible to denounce and protest the implementation of this measure. Organize your fellow students, write to your papers, and try to educate people about the real meaning behind this action. Best of luck. -- C. Jeffery Small http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/

Lazy Students : Government want students to do community service - and pay for it themselves

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:21:57 +0000

It is in the system, but it hasn't come up.Send it again, and it should appear this time. Sorry about that.

Lazy Students : A rose by any other name: is a university's name important?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:09 +0000

(Btw, am with you on the women's minibus thing, Chris)

Lazy Students : Why shouldn't medics and engineers pay higher fees?

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:37:39 +0000

@Imran. It's not about how much they earn, but how much their degree costs - which, in the case of engineering, is a heck of a lot more than £3000.

Lazy Students : Why shouldn't medics and engineers pay higher fees?

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:26:51 +0000

Arts degrees aren't subsidised as heavily as science degrees as it is. Encouraging more into science is a problem. Better teaching in secondary schools would help. But that's a whole other topic...

Lazy Students : £83,000 for a degree? It's possible - but only if you really try...

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:16:38 +0000

Boo...

Lazy Students : Grim times for graduates - but don't lose faith

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:59:18 +0000

Check out my mad photoshop skillzzzzz.

Lazy Students : How to stop the BNP? Proper history lessons

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:20:13 +0000

Yeah, the BNP are - shamefully - the most internet savy of all the British political parties. There website is the most popular, sadly. However, this is mainly due to the fact that the internet is full of obsessive nutters, so it's not much to worry about.

Lazy Students : How to stop the BNP? Proper history lessons

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:21:36 +0000

Nick Griffin was studying history, then changed to law. Ergo, stopping studying history make you a facist.

Lazy Students : How to stop the BNP? Proper history lessons

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:46:46 +0000

These were economics students doing an Economic history module. And yes you're right, James, you massive pedant. However, it's perfectly reasonable to call someone by their more recognisable name, even if they weren't called that at the time. Hence most books refer to the young Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili by his more popular moniker, Stalin, even before he took up the name. The point I was rather crappily trying to make was that I doubt your average BNP voter has a comprehensive, accurate view of British history. And that if they did, the cause of their bigotry would often disappear. Take the NHS. One of the BNP's major qualms is that 'all those foreigners' come over to use it and take advantage etc. etc. Thus it's one of the reasons they propose banning immigration. If, however, they had a basic knowledge of post-war Britain, then they'd realise that the NHS simply couldn't have been created without vast amounts of immigration from the West Indies, India and Pakistan. Then they might accept that immigration is necessary if we're to enjoy universal health care.

Lazy Students : How to stop the BNP? Proper history lessons

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:02:47 +0000

"Surely the teaching of WWII/rise of National Socialism in history lessons is not what is helping the BNP gain legitimacy. The BNP's bastardisation of history includes holocaust denial, and therefore what is needed (perhaps in PSHE or politics lesson) is the explicit link between the history being taught (Nazis) and current political trends (BNP)." The BNP's strength stems from the fact they have an extremely idealised, nationalist view of England which many people are able to link to. This view of English history is, however, bollocks. And thus people are able to run away with the idea that "Oh, it was much better before all those darkies came over" because they don't know that - actually - it wasn't. If people had a thorough grounding in British - particularly English - history this would not happen.

Lazy Students : 5 best things about moving back home

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:51:49 +0000

Yes. What of it? I'm proud of my pins...

Lazy Students : 5 best things about moving back home

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:25:26 +0000

It's by Kate Johnson. She has a website here: http://ktjphotography.co.uk/. Or will do when it's up and running.

Lazy Students : How good is the Good University Guide?

Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:07:02 +0000

It\\\'s true, but it\\\'s a crass assumption to make. I did a politics module in first year with a bloke who had written the textbook and he pretty much just did an oral version of it over ten lectures. V. dull and v. unnecessary. Lectures are more about presentation than anything else. A genius professor who spends 15 minutes failing to make powerpoint work, then mumbling for 25 minutes to his feet before leaving early does not a good lecturer make.