Student protest today - spec me a sign

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[spoogle]

'Why should I have to earn a living when other people do it for me'

 

[Castiel]

Nursing will require a degree from 2013.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8355388.stm

I know. I was disagreeing that it is necessary. Nursing colleges were just fine.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Hello all,

The be a big student protest today on at the university of bristol regarding tuition fees and my friends want to make the news. What can we have on our sign to do this? The funniest one wins!

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As I am having huge problems understanding the motivations of these students I'd really appreciate it if you could answer a few questions to help me understand better.

a) Why are you protesting about something which will have NO effet on you at all, as it wont affect current students?
b) What exactly ARE you protesting about given the new measures make University more affordable to poorer people and also ensure the repayment threshold for the loan is higher than ever before?

Have you actually sat down and read the proposals in detail? Or are you bandwagoning?

 

[Morbius]

"Political correctness GONE MAD!"

 

[Tunney]

Staple a loaf of Hovis to the sign? Simple and we'll believe it's you when you're on the 6 o'clock news.

 

[Castiel]

As I am having huge problems understanding the motivations of these students I'd really appreciate it if you could answer a few questions to help me understand better.

a) Why are you protesting about something which will have NO effet on you at all, as it wont affect current students?
b) What exactly ARE you protesting about given the new measures make University more affordable to poorer people and also ensure the repayment threshold for the loan is higher than ever before?

Have you actually sat down and read the proposals in detail? Or are you bandwagoning?

They are far too busy drinking and sleeping at our expense to actually try to understand or are simply to stupid or lazy to bother.

 

[Xyanzi]

Problem Officer?
:>

 

[Belmit]

'Your slogan here. £10ph.'

Closest you'll come to solving the problem short-term.

 

[afraser2k]

They are far too busy drinking and sleeping at our expense to actually try to understand or are simply to stupid or lazy to bother.

Only about 200 turned up to protest at Glasgow Uni this afternoon.

 

[Castiel]

Only about 200 turned up to protest at Glasgow Uni this afternoon.

Well, they are probably only just getting out of bed to be fair.

 

[Dave]

Even then, the theory is also encroaching on degrees such as social work, business management and similar others.

To most people, a "soft" degree is pretty much anything that isn't a BSc or MSc.

My degree is MEng, are all engineering degrees considered soft nowadays as well?

 

[Kazz]

This hapened at the school I work at today, funny...They all walked outside, stood around for ten mins, then came back in cause it was too cold

In a highly unexpected twist to the proceedings, the individuals have decided against making a sign on grounds of, yes, you guessed it, pure laziness.

Students - they fight the machine!

...... with minimum effort

GTFO!

 

[Pestilence]

My degree is MEng, are all engineering degrees considered soft nowadays as well?

Yep. When was the last time one of you bloody MEng's did anything for me? HUH??

 

[Tunney]

a) Why are you protesting about something which will have NO effet on you at all, as it wont affect current students?

Nice Daily Mail logic.

Perhaps they're protesting to help other people? Younger siblings, friends, maybe even complete strangers. They obviously feel that cheap higher education, even for middle class students, benefits society as a whole.

 

[Castiel]

Nice Daily Mail logic.

Perhaps they're protesting to help other people? Younger siblings, friends, maybe even complete strangers. They obviously feel that cheap higher education, even for middle class students, benefits society as a whole.

It is cheap. The cost is only repaid if you can actually afford to pay it back.

This isn't rocket science, the whole point is, those who benefit the most will pay a very small portion of that benefit to allow those who cannot afford the fee to gain a degree if they so wish.

Better that than the alternative of limiting places so only the select few have the opportunity.

If these protesters actually thought for a few minutes they would realise this.

 

[Vonhelmet]

"Hello. My name is (insert name). You killed my education..."

Points for the reference!

Princess Bride.

Prize now plz.

 

[OriginalJonty]

Princess Bride.

Prize now plz.

You get 100 Internet Points*

**Internet Points are not a valid currency anywhere, including the internet.

 

[Danthus]

Better that than the alternative of limiting places so only the select few have the opportunity.

Not a problem if it keeps people out of university who shouldn't be there.

If these protesters actually thought for a few minutes they would realise this.

See my answer above.

 

[scorza]

It is cheap. The cost is only repaid if you can actually afford to pay it back.

I graduated 12 years ago and earn a decent salary - I wouldn't call £30k cheap, I wouldn't want the stigma of a huge debt hanging over my head. At some point a lot of these graduates are going to breed, tell them it's not a lot of money and that they can afford it then.