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| As a recent graduate i.e. this July i find it crazy that people will go to University anymore. I was "lucky" to pay the £3,200 fees, if i was say my younger brother who will be going to University next year i wouldnt consider it in the slightest.
It astonished me that they let the cap rise to £9,000 and that universities would be allowed to set their own fees rather than have an independent board look at their achievements and their succession into full time jobs after graduation. This is a must for anyone going to University at the moment, clear out all the bull they'll give you about the course and what not and get down to the nitty gritty of how many students have got jobs in the field they wanted in the last year etc. I didnt go to a red-brick university, i went to a small university in Leeds mainly because of the course and detailed discussion with lecturers and the abilty to befriend lecturers and have extra guidance when needed, which is something im indebted to them for.
My university has over 90% of graduates in further study or working which i found phenomenal. Im currently waiting on a contract to start work myself in my chosen field whilst working an apprenticeship for another website until i start my new job. In my university it was a non negotiable requirement to complete 6 weeks placement. I dont know how it is elsewhere but this was something i found to be fantastically rewarding and a big thing to put on my CV and something employers WILL look for. Teaching students are out on placement for a much larger chunk of time. My course was very much essay driven and exams mixed in every now and again. I hate it when people say that essays are easier and exams test you more. I have learnt so much more from my essays than i have remembered for exams. I was challenged in my essays, i guess some institutions do not challenge their students enough maybe?
Putting people through University on 80 points is something that makes me angry in a way. I worked hard through my A Levels, i didnt get the grades i wanted and knew i had to step up at Uni. I cannot imagine people with 2 E's having the motivation/desire to do this. Leeds Met is struggling, big time for cash. bad decisions has pretty much red flagged them to authorities. They are now charging £8,500 which for me knowing Leeds Met (pretty well) is horrifying. My lectures contained no more than 40 people at a time, often half that. Leeds Met's lectures can often contain double that sometimes more. The one on one time with lecturers must be non existent.
Outside of lectures and reading time i worked a part time job on weekends but still went out and had a good time. It wasnt the weekly alcohol filled parties culminating in throwing up outside a kebab shop on a wednesday evening after having the afternoon off downing pints of high percentage cider that people often have as a stereotype for students these days. It was a once or twice a week thing for me. I knew people who were in the other category of people and they seemed happy doing that. Expect many horror stories coming from Freshers Weeks' in the media over the next 2 weeks however.
I loved my University time, i worked hard and earned my degree. I had a good time out of University and will hopefully be in a job come the end of this year in my chosen field. I'm happy for Leeds Met to let people in with 2 E's if they want but morally i think its wrong. University is still a challenge but the rewards are drastically falling from grace.
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| Quote: Kosh "Quote: Kosh "Well my 3 years at the University of Sheffield painted a very different picture but you probably won't believe it so I won't go down that path. '"
And my 7 years at the University of Bradford painted a completely different picture to yours. Maybe you just keep bad company? Or maybe you're just on a wind up. Again.'"
Nope. Plus that wasn't the company I kept, however I had eyes that reached beyond my own circle of friends and activities.
Maybe it is different at smaller Universities and places that aren't so geared up for students. Hence very different experiences.
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| What the hell does it matter if students go out and get drunk on a night? As long as they do the work who cares in this context?
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| Quote: Him "What the hell does it matter if students go out and get drunk on a night? As long as they do the work who cares in this context?'"
Yup.
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| Quote: LovesToSpooge "I must say I find it so sad that many of today's job's require a degree to merely get a foot in the door. Long gone are the day's of people starting at the very bottom and working their way up. It's such a shame for those who don't excel academically, but do so in a working environment, and I include myself in that category. Now don't have the chance to follow their dreams, because employers stipulate a degree to be necessary.
I know that myself and many of my older colleagues, wouldn't be where we are now without having had the chance to start at the very bottom. That's of course no longer an optional path. A degree in Marine engineering is a must. But for me we exclude so many viable candidates purely because they didn't excel in an educational environment that may not have suited them in the first place, and it's wrong...'"
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| Quote: JerryChicken "Can I just say, you sound like a a really great person and the sort of invaluable asset to society that most of the millionaire "celebrities" should look up to.
THAT is the most important thing you wrote, if you enjoy your work then you can't put a price on that.'"
Thanks mate, really appreciate you saying that.
Best of luck to everyone starting uni over the next week or two. ![Smile icon_smile.gif](images/smilies//icon_smile.gif)
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