Thursday, January 28, 2010

Nothing to worry about

As universities face tough budget cuts, the Higher Education Funding Council (who?) says that, although more children from "disadvantaged" backgrounds are entering university, the gap between those and the number from "advantaged" backgrounds has grown in the last 15 years.

Hey guys, don't worry.

At the rate our living standards are going to fall over the next ten years, by 2019 99% of children attending university will be from "disadvantaged" backgrounds.

3 comments:

Letters From A Tory said...

Ha, good call. A very shaky statistic if there ever was one.

I wonder how many of those kids from poor backgrounds have gone on to do Physics at Oxford or Cambridge rather than Media Studies at De Montfort. Just asking....

English Pensioner said...

From what I hear, many from "advantaged" backgrounds are now electing to go to universities abroad as international companies feel that UK standards are falling.I have friends with children or grandchildren at university in America, Canada, France and Holland.

Larry said...

Labour targets, new social science-type subjects and too muc choice for children have all ruined our education system. Christ, it's a sad day when they're teaching British kids "Islam Studies". What's in that, how to make bombs and oppress women? Or how to put on a dirty nightshirt?