Liveblog: 1,500 students join Brighton march against education cuts (From The Argus)

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  Fight Back wrote:
  

  LawStudent wrote:
  I applaud Tea Break as he is obviously the only person on this forum who is bothered enough to see the bigger picture. Students in year 9, 10 and 11 will lose momentum to achieve as they know for a fact they will no longer have the opportunity to become a doctor or lawyer etc. So referring to someone’s earlier comment on how students are a drain on the tax payer, how do you think that’s going to change when students don’t go to university, can’t find jobs because of lack of qualifications, and rely on job seeker’s allowance and take even more of your hard earned money? I certainly want the opportunity to become successful in my chosen field; law, and definitely can’t achieve that without a university degree. What most annoys me is the fact that people who have jobs and earn a living for themselves and their families today, don’t realise how hard it is in this current climate to get a job. Yes it is good you have a job and you can afford to be judgmental, but what about the students who are just starting out, who have nothing and you aren’t helping them and the government aren’t helping them, by rising university prices and making the opportunity to better yourself less available to any student, because who says someone who can afford these fees deserves the education more than someone who can’t?

  As I made the comment on Uni students being a drain I'll answer you.
  
  A majority of students now leave Uni and end up in either in low paid jobs or on the dole. So those in low paid jobs are a drain because they aren't paying back their fees and those on the dole are a double drain.
  
  The answer is to make Unis exclusive to the best students again - not open them up to any man and his dog. I often interview people for positions and it's remarkable how awful the CV often is from degree holders. I've got fed up with degree holding students EXPECTING to get the job so now don't interview them - I look for experience rather than qualifications.
  
  To the idiot that thinks he understands the private education sector - private schools that register as charities get tax relief because they are CHARITIES. They don't get direct subs from the state. Every penny they need to run the school they have to raise in fees or fund raising. All of them also make bursaries available to talented children that can't afford the fees. If the people who send their children to private schools didn't the state education would required considerably more funding than it does now. Your comments against a private education smack of envy rather than an intelligent understanding.

  So you actively discriminate against people holding at degree looking for employment at your organisation? I'm sure your boss would be pleased to hear that rather than recruiting the best person for the job, irrespective of whether they hold a degree or not, you're filtering the CVs based on your personal opinion."
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