Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!
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///ajd said:
I hope the Uni thing is clarified. If the Scots want fee uni for millionaires, it must not be at the expense of your average rUK student.
Scotlands University admissions process is different from Englands. They have not done the whole 50% of kids should go to Uni thing. Their uni's have restricted places like Englands used to so if you are thick you don't get to go, that's how they can afford it.PlankWithANailIn said:
///ajd said:
I hope the Uni thing is clarified. If the Scots want fee uni for millionaires, it must not be at the expense of your average rUK student.
Scotlands University admissions process is different from Englands. They have not done the whole 50% of kids should go to Uni thing. Their uni's have restricted places like Englands used to so if you are thick you don't get to go, that's how they can afford it.irocfan said:
MGJohn said:
Not QT but well worth a mention.
Good grief ... Following QT, Diane Abbot on This Week has made a statement which I am in entire agreement with... Wonders never cease!
which was? Good grief ... Following QT, Diane Abbot on This Week has made a statement which I am in entire agreement with... Wonders never cease!
Some of the cluelessly distorted reports over all the PC-riddled media yesterday I found quite sickening. Surely they cannot be serious. Sadly, they were.
MGJohn said:
Not in so many words but, NOT blaming the security services for the murderous cowson with the penchant for separating heads from torsos.
Some of the cluelessly distorted reports over all the PC-riddled media yesterday I found quite sickening. Surely they cannot be serious. Sadly, they were.
A Tory party with a decent majority (consigns Mili, Balls & Reeves to history) that introduces strict immigration controls, makes all PC (gender,colour,weight) illegal, "O" level English mandatory if you want to claim benefits, ..... back to front really but you get the drift Some of the cluelessly distorted reports over all the PC-riddled media yesterday I found quite sickening. Surely they cannot be serious. Sadly, they were.
rambling on. balls needed.
Thorodin said:
Weirdly, I was transfixed by her eyes. She didn't blink once and I was scared to in case I missed it.
I now have to keep repeating my N.I. number to convince myself she hasn't penetrated me. Mentally, of course. Or is that a symptom?
Botox... Looks like she has had a ton of it... Half her face muscles don't work.I now have to keep repeating my N.I. number to convince myself she hasn't penetrated me. Mentally, of course. Or is that a symptom?
PlankWithANailIn said:
///ajd said:
I hope the Uni thing is clarified. If the Scots want fee uni for millionaires, it must not be at the expense of your average rUK student.
Scotlands University admissions process is different from Englands. They have not done the whole 50% of kids should go to Uni thing. Their uni's have restricted places like Englands used to so if you are thick you don't get to go, that's how they can afford it.Hard to find proper stats, but students in HE (2013)
England 1,944,995
Scotland 214,785
(total 2,159,780)
As percentage Scot = 9.9% of England
Pop England/Scotland - 53M, 5.2M (total 55.2M) - as percentage Scot = 9.4% of England
Hence Scotland sends more students to Uni as a percentage of its population.
So unless I'm missing something, is that "myth busted"?
It really would be interesting to know whether the government funding takes into account the proportion of income from student loans.
Scotland should be under a reverse Barnett formula to reduce their proportion of funding to recognise the lack of income from their students supporting future students via the loan system.
DrDeAtH said:
Thorodin said:
Weirdly, I was transfixed by her eyes. She didn't blink once and I was scared to in case I missed it.
I now have to keep repeating my N.I. number to convince myself she hasn't penetrated me. Mentally, of course. Or is that a symptom?
Botox... Looks like she has had a ton of it... Half her face muscles don't work.I now have to keep repeating my N.I. number to convince myself she hasn't penetrated me. Mentally, of course. Or is that a symptom?
///ajd said:
PlankWithANailIn said:
///ajd said:
I hope the Uni thing is clarified. If the Scots want fee uni for millionaires, it must not be at the expense of your average rUK student.
Scotlands University admissions process is different from Englands. They have not done the whole 50% of kids should go to Uni thing. Their uni's have restricted places like Englands used to so if you are thick you don't get to go, that's how they can afford it.Hard to find proper stats, but students in HE (2013)
England 1,944,995
Scotland 214,785
(total 2,159,780)
As percentage Scot = 9.9% of England
Pop England/Scotland - 53M, 5.2M (total 55.2M) - as percentage Scot = 9.4% of England
Hence Scotland sends more students to Uni as a percentage of its population.
So unless I'm missing something, is that "myth busted"?
It really would be interesting to know whether the government funding takes into account the proportion of income from student loans.
Scotland should be under a reverse Barnett formula to reduce their proportion of funding to recognise the lack of income from their students supporting future students via the loan system.
t got dumped on us.PlankWithANailIn said:
///ajd said:
PlankWithANailIn said:
///ajd said:
I hope the Uni thing is clarified. If the Scots want fee uni for millionaires, it must not be at the expense of your average rUK student.
Scotlands University admissions process is different from Englands. They have not done the whole 50% of kids should go to Uni thing. Their uni's have restricted places like Englands used to so if you are thick you don't get to go, that's how they can afford it.Hard to find proper stats, but students in HE (2013)
England 1,944,995
Scotland 214,785
(total 2,159,780)
As percentage Scot = 9.9% of England
Pop England/Scotland - 53M, 5.2M (total 55.2M) - as percentage Scot = 9.4% of England
Hence Scotland sends more students to Uni as a percentage of its population.
So unless I'm missing something, is that "myth busted"?
It really would be interesting to know whether the government funding takes into account the proportion of income from student loans.
Scotland should be under a reverse Barnett formula to reduce their proportion of funding to recognise the lack of income from their students supporting future students via the loan system.
t got dumped on us.What are you sources?
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