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I can't post the I'm Shocked gif anymore times
545 died in the last 24hrs as George Eustice says Furloughed staff should pick fruit
Sunak has said that there will be no bounce back for the economy and that it now faces a severe recession the likes of which has never been seen with unemployment figures likely to be in the double digits.Comment
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Someone has shares in the manufacturer of Hydroxychloroquine. I'm calling it now. Trump and various MP will stand to make millions.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Posthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/20...irus-treatment
I can't post the I'm Shocked gif anymore times
545 died in the last 24hrs as George Eustice says Furloughed staff should pick fruit
Sunak has said that there will be no bounce back for the economy and that it now faces a severe recession the likes of which has never been seen with unemployment figures likely to be in the double digits.Comment
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Wasn't that shown already last time he mentioned it?Comment
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Rolls-Royce are to cut 9,000 jobs
The Justice Secretary has confirmed that it was Government Policy to put the NHS ahead of Care Homes
While so far around 1,500 schools won't be reopening on 01 JuneComment
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Universities will be taking a £760m hit to funding as one in five students plan to skip the year. Can't say this one doesn't register for me as a perk of the virus.Comment
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I'm a university academic of 20+ years and I don't see how students having to delay exploring the interests and ambitions they've been working towards is a 'perk'. Perhaps you are carping as some do that too many are going to university anyway, or swiping at courses that aren't explicitly vocational? I hope not, as both are high-minded but ultimately mean-spirited and philistine positions concerning the life choices of other people and the role of universities.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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No, he's happy that universities are going to have to deal with having less money, after all, simultaneously, raising their fees to the absolute permitted maximum the last time said maximum was raised.Originally posted by Golgo View PostComment
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He is right, most Unis are gash now and the courses are laughable.Comment
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Fees are an abomination, but unis had no choice as central funding was cut. It was obvious to all but the dumbest observer that all universities were going to charge maximum as no university would want to be seen as cut-price. The government didn't see that coming when they rolled out this hokey idea and it blew up in their faces, meaning the savings they got from direct funding came back as huge amounts to debt to underwrite. Priceless. Fees haven't been raised for years as there is no leeway to do so and indeed they are likely to come down. The only thing the fees have benefited is burgeoning university management teams. So on that, at least, I can agree.Comment
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Yep, I've no issue with students developing their education but absolutely the whole University set up has been allowed to be turned into effectively a self-serving business. The Government shares a massive amount of blame in that as they do with most things.
Whilst I'm happy to recognise the perks of them, there's absolutely a pile of unnecessary bad with them that needs to go that has led to a massive debt black hole, wasted years for many students at a critical period of their post-school life, the mental health impact many have suffered etc. Unfortunately, I expect we'll see further jacked up tuition fees before we'll see any reform of how they operate and fund themselves.Comment
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Believe me, universities would put up fees if they could, but at present they cannot. I too hope they are gotten rid of entirely and that this precipitates a reversion too. As for mental health issues and "wasted years": these criticisms can be slung at absolutely anything.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostComment
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Purely anecdotal as the situation will obviosuly be different for eahc University but there are 106 Uni's in England which divided by the projected figure avergaes at a £7m downturn per Uni. The Uni's near me, per year typically average £20m-£40m per year profit so those ones at the least will cry about this but in reality shrug it off.Comment
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