Universities

elsien

Is your relative in private student accommodation if there’s a charge for cleaning the kitchen? Any grievance needs to be taken up with them.
Having said that, cleaning up after themselves is a good life skill to learn and at least then they know what standard it is being done to. 

And students were meant to be going back this week - the decision to delay their return until the end of January has only just been made in the light of recent infection rates. It’s not all part of a cunning plan to do students out of their cash - it’s an ever changing situation with everyone involved still playing catch up.
FWIW my relative is very disappointed not to be going back this week. It may not be what he was expecting but he does feel he is still benefitting and learning, 

strawb_shortcake

My Husband started uni in September, it's not the experience he had hoped for but the course is still being delivered effectively He was looking forward to some social interaction after being a stay at home Dad for 10 years. We don't have the accommodation issues that other students may have but we can't really fault the efforts the lecturers put in. 
As he hasn't been to uni before he has nothing to compare it too, given the circumstances I'm not sure what else they could do to change, just because things are being done differently it doesn't necessarily mean it's being done cheaper.

Lightning360

And yet again, university students have been completely forgotten about by Boris.

elsien

In what way? 

Lightning360

elsien said:

In what way? 

By not mentioning universities at all. To find out that universities are online until mid-February, students have to look through some document on the government website.

Barny1979

Lightning360 said:

elsien said:

In what way? 

By not mentioning universities at all. To find out that universities are online until mid-February, students have to look through some document on the government website.

He can't reel off every societal group that will be affected.

Barny1979

Lightning360 said:

elsien said:

In what way? 

By not mentioning universities at all. To find out that universities are online until mid-February, students have to look through some document on the government website.

Shocking, University students in having to read legislation and guidance shocker!

Lightning360

Barny1979 said:

Lightning360 said:

elsien said:

In what way? 

By not mentioning universities at all. To find out that universities are online until mid-February, students have to look through some document on the government website.

He can't reel off every societal group that will be affected.

The guidance is essentially the same as school and colleges. It would hardly be difficult to add "most university courses" onto hat he said.

Aylesbury_Duck

Lightning360 said:

elsien said:

In what way? 

By not mentioning universities at all. To find out that universities are online until mid-February, students have to look through some document on the government website.

Oh, for goodness' sake.  Do you really think students are inept?

I have no time for Johnson, I consider it a national misfortune that in the gravest period for decades we have the worst PM and government for decades, but you are clutching at straws here.  Are you seriously saying that students aren't able to find the relevant information within a matter of minutes on a very clear, easy-to-find and easy-to-navigate website?

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It took me two minutes to find the latest pdf document and find the university section and a further minute or two to read it. It’s there for anyone to view. He can’t be expected to read off 22 pages of guidance on the TV.