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Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« on: January 28, 2008, 09:23:31 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7209276.stm

I heard this on the news late last night and woke up assuming I had dreamt it. But I hadn't rubschin:

What say the regulars?
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2008, 09:31:59 AM »
I heard this unbelievable shite on the radio this morning…

More bullshit and re-announcing of stuff to cover up more lies and sleaze.  noooo:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2008, 09:32:32 AM »
It is also an annoucement of an announcement Banghead cussing:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 09:38:16 AM »
It’ll look great on your CV… PhD (Burgers)  noooo:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2008, 09:39:51 AM »
Thinking about it… claiming to have been educated in ‘The University of Life’ would probably be more prestigious…  noooo:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2008, 09:44:38 AM »
This stuff has an impact on my "work". I am presently in communication with the great and the good in the world of educashun about this and may impart some of their pearls of wisdom as they come to me.
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2008, 09:46:04 AM »
I don't have a problem with vocational courses that are geared towards a particular job or career path. These seem to be an easy(?) way of gaining an academic qualification through the building up of 'units' gained via a glorified work experience route.

I doubt if universities will consider them sufficient for admission.   
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2008, 09:47:06 AM »
There are some links to the new "Diplomas" also being discounted by universities but being pushed heavily by the Govt.
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2008, 10:17:24 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on January 28, 2008, 09:46:04 AM
I don't have a problem with vocational courses that are geared towards a particular job or career path. These seem to be an easy(?) way of gaining an academic qualification through the building up of 'units' gained via a glorified work experience route.

I doubt if universities will consider them sufficient for admission.   
Unless you were applying for a job in the canteen of course…  whistle:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2008, 10:26:23 AM »
You can just imagine the McAlevels exam questions

You serve a customer who orders a Big Mac Whopper McDog burger and pays £5. Do you:

a) Give £1.50 change
b) Give £1.75 change
c) Ask if he want fries with that.

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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2008, 10:30:49 AM »
Didn’t they (this pathetic ‘government’) announce the other day that cookery lessons would be compulsory in schools?

Do you think there is a link here, abolish all higher-education establishments and anybody that can’t get shoe-horned into a job by daddy when they are 16 are straight off to McShite to continue their edukashun – already pre-trained on how to flip a burger?

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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2008, 10:39:40 AM »
Maybe but I can see another problem here. The announcement about teaching cooking in schools is supposed to be part of the Government's so called strategy to combat obesity. So giving kids A levels in flipping burgers kind of torpedoes that doesnt it?
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2008, 10:41:45 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on January 28, 2008, 10:39:40 AM
Maybe but I can see another problem here. The announcement about teaching cooking in schools is supposed to be part of the Government's so called strategy to combat obesity. So giving kids A levels in flipping burgers kind of torpedoes that doesnt it?
Except they’ll be slaving away for a pittance at the new McUniversity so they won’t be able to afford (or face prolly) the burgers…  whistle:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2008, 10:51:12 AM »
The get a 'meal' allowance per shift though  sick2:
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Re: Another nail in the coffin of educashun?
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2008, 11:51:05 AM »
Quote from: Nick on January 28, 2008, 09:47:06 AM
There are some links to the new "Diplomas" also being discounted by universities but being pushed heavily by the Govt.

Indeed:

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Fewer than four in 10 university admissions officers see the vocational Diploma as a "good alternative" to A-levels, a survey suggests

I noticed this from the same article:

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The first courses will be in construction, engineering, health, IT and media.

No mention of the fast-food indusry.

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