Don't we all?
* and no, I don't mean as a dartboard
That is ultimately going to be Labour’s problem going into the next GE if they keep this direction of travel. I pointed this out to the campaigner who knocked on my door. The closer they align themselves to Sunak the less relevant voting labour will become for many. Makes no odds to me in many respects as I’m tactically voting at the next GE but it will to some.Frankly, I'm beginning to wonder if Starmer's got a picture of Thatcher hanging in his office.
I’m sorry mate.
So you're saying teachers are overpaid then despite wanting to hold the country to ransom for more?It is a very big pay drop but what is quite clear is that teaching makes you unemployable outside of education. I did come very close to a perfect lab based job but was told I couldn’t be hired without recent lab experience after passing interview.
So a 3-4 year pay sacrifice for longer term gain
So you're saying teachers are overpaid then despite wanting to hold the country to ransom for more?
And if you calculate the hourly rate, it's even higher!
*excl marking and lesson planning of course
School age education is fucked due to poor funding and even worse recruitment and retention. How many years now has the government missed its trainee teacher targets now? And when teachers do strike Starmer is nowhere to be seen - he has no answers to solve these problems.They’re being let down at school age first. Let’s prioritise that first is all I’m saying.
School age education is fucked due to poor funding and even worse recruitment and retention. How many years now has the government missed its trainee teacher targets now? And when teachers do strike Starmer is nowhere to be seen - he has no answers to solve these problems.
If you provide young people with clear progression to a future career that is valued and appreciated then you may start to see improvements in behaviour and outcomes as just two examples.
It’s time we stopped this narrow curriculum offer we have in schools and provide a pathway for students that don’t want to pursue academia to have a mapped out journey to a trade or apprenticeship, which includes not pricing them out of the training and skills.
I agree in principle BUT we also have to consider that if everyone is doing this, who's doing all the jobs that don't require a uni education?It's interesting that so many countries don't seem to struggle to offer free university education (partial list linked to below).
This isn't an either/or thing, imho. We don't need to dilute funding to other areas of education or the NHS to do it, it is (as with most elements of public spending) a political choice. I'd suggest that a better educated populace, and not just in STEM subjects, is better for the country as a whole. Additionally, the provision of that education in itself drives employment in all other sectors of the economy.
I know something that's often been assumed is that having a student loan won't impact a person's ability to get a mortgage. It absolutely will - net monthly income with appropriate deductions for student loans is a key decision in affordability calculations.
As a vague aside, if you study until you're 21, you've still got another 47 years of productive, tax-paying work ahead to look forward to. If you earn more money because you're better educated, you'll end up paying back the government in additional taxation anyway!
6 European Countries With Free College Tuition
Some countries in Europe, such as Norway, Finland, and Germany, provide free or low-cost university education for all students.www.investopedia.com
I agree in principle BUT we also have to consider that if everyone is doing this, who's doing all the jobs that don't require a uni education?
We need to value everything, as well as uni education. Vocational training/apprenticeships need investment alongside uni. So if we have to scale back the number of university degrees to ensure chances are available in other areas then I would.
But vitally, this must be along with changing the mindset of how people perceive such things. Apprenticeships and vocations are seen as 'runners-up prizes' and those that take them weren't good enough to get into uni. I think that's nonsense. Different people have different skills, and all of them are needed to have a balanced, functioning economy. Would you want a Professor of Classics at Oxford fiddling around with your boiler or electrics?
If you're academic and suit university, brilliant. If you're practically minded and suit a different path, that's brilliant too.
He’d probably ban Maths if a red wall focus group told him to.Starmer probably wants to one up Sunak and make A level Maths compulsory
Would go down very well with my Year 11sHe’d probably ban Maths if a red wall focus group told him to.
Don't know, but it's the type of thing you expect to be called something like a 'technical college' rather than university. When people think of uni they (traditionally) have tended to think of it as lecture halls and intellectual people discussing big questions. With the massive expansions over the last generation that perception has been diluted a bit, though I still think people would consider them to be more about the 'thinking' than the 'doing'.Are there such things as ‘practical’ universities?
Science courses, Medicine, Engineering etc are practical subjects I'd argueDon't know, but it's the type of thing you expect to be called something like a 'technical college' rather than university. When people think of uni they (traditionally) have tended to think of it as lecture halls and intellectual people discussing big questions. With the massive expansions over the last generation that perception has been diluted a bit, though I still think people would consider them to be more about the 'thinking' than the 'doing'.
Science courses, Medicine, Engineering etc are practical subjects I'd argue
I agree, though I think that, to varying degrees, they're perceived as lots of lectures and theory with a practical element. The real practical parts are considered to be when the medical students work in hospitals or the engineering students get put on placements/internships etc. which, despite often being part of the course, in people's mind are separate.Science courses, Medicine, Engineering etc are practical subjects I'd argue
This. Uni fees I’m not so bothered about, especially as I’ve had to pay themthey’re mostly subsidies for middle class kids, but there needs to be a much better offer all round especially after the mess the Tories have made of the apprenticeship system.
My course was about 50/50 between lab work and lectures. Moved to about 60/40 in my final year and I did an industrial placement too.I agree, though I think that, to varying degrees, they're perceived as lots of lectures and theory with a practical element. The real practical parts are considered to be when the medical students work in hospitals or the engineering students get put on placements/internships etc. which, despite often being part of the course, in people's mind are separate.
I'm a bit scared that I seem to be moving to an area where Andrea Leadsom is the MP...Are all the wards and council spots up for grabs in Coventry today?
Where I live in Northamptonshire we have no local elections at all - last year we had a full set of elections for new councils after the Conservatives bankrupted the entire County, and duly rewarded them by electing them straight back into power.
I'm a bit scared that I seem to be moving to an area where Andrea Leadsom is the MP...
She seems one of the moderates around there tbf!I know you’re a fan but moving near her is a bit stalky mate
Is Ed Davy drunk? He needs sectioning.
What’s he saying?Is Ed Davy drunk? He needs sectioning.
aye, absolute disaster for the toriesIf the voting tends are anything to go by and they remain that way at the next GE the Tories are proper fucked. Labour is gaining and taking back votes in leave voting areas including but not exclusively the traditional red wall. The Tories meanwhile are losing votes in remain voting traditionally Tory seats to everyone. Stratford apparently on course to become Lib Dem controlled for instance. The telling thing is that brexit for the most part doesn’t seem to be an issue in leave voting areas but it is in remain voting areas and brexit is the Tories baby.
What’s he saying?
He was saying that Lionel Ritchie is going to the Coronation thats now in a Lib Dem council ward.
I was held up in traffic in London today while a police escorted motorcade passed, wondered who it was, think you've answered my question (I'm referring to Lionel, not Ed).
The motorcade was so vast you thought you'd be there all night longI was held up in traffic in London today while a police escorted motorcade passed, wondered who it was, think you've answered my question (I'm referring to Lionel, not Ed).
The important thing is whether it shows convincingly that Labour is likely to win sufficient seats to win a majority. I'm not convinced based on local experience (knife edge Tory seat) where local Tories have sadly mostly kept their seats even with a big turnout.If the voting tends are anything to go by and they remain that way at the next GE the Tories are proper fucked. Labour is gaining and taking back votes in leave voting areas including but not exclusively the traditional red wall. The Tories meanwhile are losing votes in remain voting traditionally Tory seats to everyone. Stratford apparently on course to become Lib Dem controlled for instance. The telling thing is that brexit for the most part doesn’t seem to be an issue in leave voting areas but it is in remain voting areas and brexit is the Tories baby.
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