Petition re. Student Loans Interest

sdt1986

surfcat wrote: »

And no doubt all the poor students will suddenly find enough money to have a big !!!! up in london.

And thats supposed to mean?

dellfanatic

sdt1986 wrote: »

And thats supposed to mean?

That the idiots on stupid easy courses with 6 hours per week have nothing good to do whereas those on proper courses such as chemistry and other science/medicine fields actually use the student loan to achieve something other than a feeling of almost continual intoxication. I speak as a science undergraduate

melancholly

dellfanatic wrote: »

That the idiots on stupid easy courses with 6 hours per week have nothing good to do whereas those on proper courses such as chemistry and other science/medicine fields actually use the student loan to achieve something other than a feeling of almost continual intoxication. I speak as a science undergraduate

as a science graduate, i found that some (ok, not all) of my friends doing 'arts and humanities' courses had very little official contact time at university, but the reading that was required meant that they worked a lot. be careful to generalise - it can give science students a bad name - having lots of lectures does not necessarily mean doing lots of work!

and in most universities it's the medics and vets who have the drinking reputations anyway!

dellfanatic

melancholly wrote: »

as a science graduate, i found that some (ok, not all) of my friends doing 'arts and humanities' courses had very little official contact time at university, but the reading that was required meant that they worked a lot. be careful to generalise - it can give science students a bad name - having lots of lectures does not necessarily mean doing lots of work!

and in most universities it's the medics and vets who have the drinking reputations anyway!

My housemates (both arts students) do very little reading yet still average out 2:1 standards and one is on track for a 1st so he claims. They are experts in all kinds of crazy xbox and PS2 games though which is what really counts Yet not one of the chemistry students in our year group is on track for a 1st this year, only one student got a 1st last year. It just seems it's so much easier to do an arts degree. I agree I do generalise more than I should sorry for any offence caused, if any taken

Eeeyun

For a full explanation from the SLC on the student loans repayment procedures - see The National Student website with a report on the story here:

Pointless Petition

:rolleyes:

janey_uk

surfcat wrote: »

And no doubt all the poor students will suddenly find enough money to have a big !!!! up in london.

Oh that is so true!!! When I was at uni (four years ago) I was berated by my local student union 'representative' for not going up to London for a march against tuition fees. I was unable to go because I worked 30 hours a week, and I couldn't take the time off. I believe I did quite loudly point out the irony

The ones who protested loudest on behalf of the 'poorer students' always seemed to be the ones with rich parents and who had managed to spend a 'gap year' on a long holiday round the world!! Of course that wasn't all of them, but I have to admit that I found that rather patronising as most never seemed interested in what those exempt from fees or working full time thought of it!