[Tubby Isaacs]

It's not a breach of contract, is it?

It might be unfair, but it's right to get this right.

[satnav]

I listened to Badenoch being interviewed on the Jeremy Vine show earlier, she was extremely woeful but Jeremy went easy on her rather than calling out her bollox. First he asked her about which courses she would get rid of and she was all over the place. She was unsure about scrapping history as a degree but she defended students studying classics. She was also adamant that courses around designing golf courses could be scrapped because youngsters wishing to learn these skills could learn what they need through an apprenticeship.

She then went on to say that she liked solving problems because she is an engineer. Sadly Jeremy Vine failed to point out that there is a big difference between being an engineer and being a software engineer.

[Tubby Isaacs]

She wasn't a software engineer for very long either. By the time she was 26, she was in consultancy/finance.

This is the most common golf course design qualification.

https://eigca.org/evqgcd-eigca-vocation ... se-design/

It's a 2 year course. This is is what they say about applicants.

Historically, the most successful graduates of this course are:

Graduates of a university degree in a related subject, such as: landscape architecture; physical geography; or civil engineering. Students of these disciplines are well-equipped to grasp the technical terminology and fundamental design process which help make the process of golf course design more intuitive.

Experience in the golf industry, including working in golf course construction, or a trainee-type role with a golf course architect.

She has no idea about this stuff. She just thinks "doesn't sound like one for my kids, so apprenticeship"

[Bones McCoy]

It's never their kids for any of:
* Trades.
* Apprenticeship.
* Military.
* Manual labour.
* Outdoor work or deliveries.


Their kids continue following the degrees in "whatever interests us" followed by and comfy indoor sinecure career path.

[Andy McDandy]

They want university to be a finishing school for rich kids, with a few places for middle class kids to train as doctors and engineers.

[mattomac]

Thing is Nursing and Teaching are two of the more popular degrees at our place these are partially funded by the thousands in relation to business degrees. All this has a knock on affect and they just think off the top of the head never consulting the sector.