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Thursday, February 02, 2012

Education for the masses

  Michael Gove has just announced that lots of extra university places are going to Further Education colleges. Lets be clear this is because they are cheap, so the poor get cheap eduction.

How will these degree courses compare, I wonder how many will be in hard core academic subjects which Mr Gove and the Tories are so keen on or will they be "Mickey Mouse" degrees.  How much credibility will Mr Gove give to a degree in nail care or fish husbandry?  Given that Gove has just cut all those terrible diploma courses what will he do about the new degree level courses with the same subjects. Whilst the staff are colleges of Further Education colleges are very good that have not taught or been trained to deliver serious courses at higher education level.

I wonder whether students who take these courses will feel cheated when they realise they have been sold a an inferior course. Will this government refund them ther money.

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