‘A’ Levels
and Universities
You would have thought that the Con-Dems would
have taken the summer recess to think out some of the policies
they have announced, and kept their heads down, but no they
are still making blunders by the day.
The ‘A’ level exam results have been announced,
but there isn’t enough places to go round, with only
the very best marks, do students stand a chance of getting
a university place. The ConDem proposed cuts to university
funding planned for future years, and possible increases in
tuition fees, only the very rich will be able to acquire a
place.
The Labour government had set
aside funding for an extra 20,000 universities places until
2014, when the
ConDems took over they cut this to 10,000, as well as stopping
the Schools investment programme for renovating and building
new schools. The ConDems did come up with
the idea of stopping the free school meals programme for those
living in poverty, and using this money to fund their idea
of the new ‘Free Schools’ to be run by parents
and interested faith groups. When asked on television how
many actual extra university places were available to students,
the Universities Minister David Willetts declined to answer
the question, saying that students should consider working
for a year, or joining an apprenticeship scheme or, trying
for an extra year at college. When
he was asked who paid for his university education, he replied
the taxpayer, justifying it by saying that in his day only
10% went to university, ‘i.e.
the upper class’. The funding
for the supposed extra places was to come from allowing rich
students to pay off their loans early.
According to Sally
Hunt, the General Secretary of the University and College
Union, ‘We have no faith
in the Tories’ muddled plans to fund additional student
places through bonuses for students or families rich enough
to pay their loan debt off quickly.’
The cuts to universities will lead to job losses and higher
class sizes, resulting in lower quality education. Other countries
such as France, Germany and
America are investing more in their higher
education; sadly the ConDems
seem intent on doing the opposite.
Nick Clegg expected a good photo shoot when he met Liberal
voters, showing their displeasure with the Deputy Prime Minister
one of the audience asked, how he felt about the Tax rises
and benefit cuts, he had previously campaigned against,
he blamed his sell out to the Tories on the voters, by saying
that this is what the electorate had voted for.
I was under the impression that the Lib-Dems voted for Lib-Dem
policies, the Tory voters voted for Tory policies, and the
Labour voters voted for Labour Policies : Nobody got what
they wanted, apart from those selfish politicians who sold
out the electorate for the chance of Power .
Ed Balls confirmed he would
continue with the precedent Nick Clegg had set, and that if
there was to be a Labour Lib-Dem coalition, it would require
the sacking of the Lib-Dem leader.
.Vic
Farron RFT
Express. .
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