http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2924 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:15:22 +0000 PluckyMunky 2924@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>i think it is a very nice piece, mr square. thank you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2923 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:11:58 +0000 edward hack 2923@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Another excellent piece from JS - you definitely have your finger on pulse &amp; button - ideal for NB stuff<br /> and a fantastic skinny tie/Ramones hairstyle avatar too (bet your jacket sleeves are up around your elbows eh?) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2901 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:30:06 +0000 John Square 2901@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Nice idea but a bit too biased. </blockquote></p> <p>How so? I was worried it was unoriginal- it comes from a certain perspective of course, that degrees in Beckham Studies are unlikely to generate much in the way of useful graduates. If it's painting some students as people with a colossal sense of self-entitlement, who feel that every whim of theirs should be catered for whilst someone else picks up the bill... well, I was at Uni not long ago and that's what the students (myself included) were like.</p> <p>Or did I just go over the top?</p> <p>(Not being arsey in any of this- but genuinely want to know what could have been better, as I respect your views) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2887 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:06 +0000 Ostsee 2887@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh yes, very good. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2886 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:29:56 +0000 Oxbridge 2886@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice idea but a bit too biased. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1133#post-2868 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:23:53 +0000 John Square 2868@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><strong>Following a policy shift towards promoting Science and Engineering degrees, three quarters of England's universities are facing real-term budget cuts this year - for the first time since Labour came to power.</strong></p> <p>University funding body Hefce has told institutions how much they will get next year from a fund of £7.3bn - £449m less than the sector was expecting.</p> <p>This move is expected to have dire consequences for some of the most popular subjects in the nations' seats of higher learning.</p> <p>Amy Stiles, 19, who had been accepted on a course a Loughborough to read Gender Issues and Contemporary Studies said "I'm truly gutted. Ever since I was a small boy, I'd wanted to study whatever this course is about for 2 hours a week for three years before going out into the real world and discovering I'd have been better off going out to work at 16. Now some politician has decided it's a waste of taxpayers money- it's a disgrace".</p> <p>Fiona Asherton, 18, who had been due to start a course in Applied Fabric Studies agreed.</p> <p>"Who is some bureaucrat to decide that understanding the intricacies of open loom weave designs and their relevance to modern society is a poor use of my time? It's people like me who are moving the country forward in the international naive textile arts fields and I think I'm entitled to do this course."</p> <p>Sally Hunt of the University and Colleges' Lecturer's Union said "This really hits the future talent of this nation where it hurts. People think that it's the scientists and the engineers who build a country, but that is not the case. Think of a world without sports studies graduates, or a developed knowedge of basket weaving and its social impacts. Is that the kind of world you want to live in?" </p>