Why is it that going to University Costs so much.

giantmutantbroccoli

iamana1ias wrote: »

I didn't. I acknowledged that a few are rather good, but the majority aren't.

The majority of the ones you've met, or the majority of the ones you've employed? I doubt the ones you've employed are a representative sample of all graduates in the UK.

Going off the graduates I've met, the majority go on to get high-paying jobs or do postgraduate study. I'm sure that isn't a representative sample, either.

Common sense and interest in other people isn't something that can be taught at university.

The_One_Who

As ONW has said, university is heavily subsidised, especially for the sciences. Students are actually getting a pretty good deal considering all the loans (best loan you will ever get!) and other bursaries and grants available. The cut-off salary has been increased a lot in recent years so that more students are getting more money.

It used to be the stereotype that students lived in manky bedsits eating baked beans on toast. What do they do now? Want en suite bathrooms and money to be able to do go out several times a week.

To the poster who has allegedly employed recent graduates: you really need to improve your screening systems if those are the people you are employing.

iamana1ias

The_One_Who wrote: »

To the poster who has allegedly employed recent graduates: you really need to improve your screening systems if those are the people you are employing.

Sadly it's all done centrally on a graduate scheme, although I do give regular honest feedback on the poor standards

The_One_Who

Graduate schemes and intensive assessment centres can usually weed out the type of people you described.

iamana1ias

The_One_Who wrote: »

Graduate schemes and intensive assessment centres can usually weed out the type of people you described.

Apparently not in the public sector.

olly300

iamana1ias wrote: »

Apparently not in the public sector.

If you don't like working with such people then get another job.

The graduates I have worked with have been the opposite of what you say. However I've worked for private sector companies where the majority of graduates that have been employed have either come of their summer intern-ship schemes or have had some work experience from somewhere.

olly300

The_One_Who wrote: »

It used to be the stereotype that students lived in manky bedsits eating baked beans on toast. What do they do now? Want en suite bathrooms and money to be able to do go out several times a week.

That's the thing I never understood.

When students where fully funded by the government they were happy to live in poorer living conditions, with no new clothes and get around by cheap transport methods, yet now they have to pay they expect to live in the lap of luxury, new clothes all the time and have their own car.

ERICS_MUM

iamana1ias wrote: »

When you've employed as many of the supposedly capable graduates as I have, you'll agree with me

Maybe you need to review and revise your recruitment & assessment processes ?


Linda

iamana1ias

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Maybe you need to review and revise your recruitment & assessment processes ?


Linda

Maybe you need to read the other posts I've made on this thread

Blacksheep1979

Going to university costs so much as money that 50 years ago went to a few proper universities is now spread out thinner across joke courses and universities that push out qualifications equivalent to a couple of A levels at C grade. The idiotic plan of 'everyone should go to uni' or whatever percentage it was aimed at was bull as it just devalues the original degree system and costs more (which there is no money for).