tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post2309863182103974078..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: The problem with new graduatesTheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-42512581346604621322010-06-15T15:23:51.139+01:002010-06-15T15:23:51.139+01:00Ah yes, graduates in academically demanding and ri...Ah yes, graduates in academically demanding and rigorous subjects from a Russel Group university get 18% plus higher salaries is much closer to the truth. Only between 5%-10% should be able to go to university and take a degree. They are supposed to be difficult. Others who wish to study for a more vocational course should opt for a poly. converting them into spurious universities was folly and created far too high a set of expectations amongst their student intake. Employers are not fooled by a B Sc in golf green management, 1st Class Hons from Scumbag university compared with a 1st in Natural Sciences from Trinity college, Cambridge. <br /><br />As you say the employer treats these kids as not having a degree and they are older, more expensive to employ and have a zonking debt. Medicine is still one of the best degrees to obtain as it guarantees a job (or it used to) and a variety of futher opportunities. These aspuring young grads should look at the competition there and then have a hard look at what a new university is offering.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-42582081762489440222010-06-12T07:57:12.556+01:002010-06-12T07:57:12.556+01:00TFB, completely agreed that supply and demand have...TFB, completely agreed that supply and demand have been pushed way out of balance, to the overall detriment of everybody, as a I said <a href="http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2010/05/supply-and-demand.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-63114112275002946432010-06-12T01:39:43.284+01:002010-06-12T01:39:43.284+01:00It's good to hear from you again Professor Bal...It's good to hear from you again Professor Balance. <br /><br />Mr Pogo, I agree with what you say but they could not get votes by saying "we are massaging the unemployment figures". It has to be massaged with a promise of benefits - their explicit line was that graduates earn on average 8% more than on-graduates. The silly Hodge woman pushed exactly that line on Question Time a few years ago. Their real motivation might have been reducing unemployment statistics but they held out false hope for young people and deluded them into incurring wholly avoidable and unnecessary debt.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-82770629752896945072010-06-11T14:41:06.528+01:002010-06-11T14:41:06.528+01:00Frankly, I don't think that the last governmen...Frankly, I don't think that the last government gave a toss about "promising benefits they could not deliver". I see it as a cynical move to get a goodish percentage of three-years' worth of school-leavers off the unemployment register.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-63383636934832114042010-06-11T09:47:16.781+01:002010-06-11T09:47:16.781+01:00I witnessed the transformation of the "univer...I witnessed the transformation of the "university" system first hand. I resigned my chair and wrote a satirical novel about it(among other things I have done since):<br /><br />http://universityshambles.com<br /><br />For this is exactly what it has become.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chris Rhodes.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.com