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Post by turoldus on Jun 8, 2011 15:19:35 GMT
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Post by hawkinthesnow on Jun 8, 2011 19:26:09 GMT
I can understand the protester's anger, but deplore their actions. At £18000.00 a year, only the very rich would be able to afford to send their kids to Grayling's college.
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Post by eckadimmock on Jun 8, 2011 20:31:33 GMT
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Post by merkavah12 on Jun 8, 2011 22:40:12 GMT
Smoke bombs? Did Grayling piss off Hattori Hanzo?
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Post by James Hannam on Jun 9, 2011 13:08:51 GMT
As a wholehearted supporter of Grayling's new venture, I am not surprised about the reaction of the paleo-left to New College of Hume. But it must be quite an eye-openner for Grayling whose soft left politics have always been a bit niave.
That the education sector is dominated by the left is clearly a serious problem and accounts for much of its tendency towards the supplier interest, bureaucracy and top down targets. A more balanced sector politically would surely be a good thing and private universties may start to supply this.
So good luck to ACG!
Best wishes
James
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Post by humphreyclarke on Jun 9, 2011 14:13:24 GMT
I don't get what the big deal is, it just sounds like Private tutoring through an external University of London degree. As for the high fees - they are offering a good number of bursaries so it sounds like a fair system. The 'paleo left' don't seem to get this - e.g my wife went to a Liberal Arts College in the U.S with high fees, however due to their high endowment and financial hardship programmes she didn't actually end up having to pay most of them - the well off effectively subsidized her education. Anyway Terry Eagleton is against it so it must be a good idea.
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Post by sandwiches on Jun 9, 2011 20:40:24 GMT
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/06/college-humanities-studentsThe New College of the Humanities should be opposed because it is simply a sham.
Careful attention reveals it to be just a branding exercise with purchased celebrity endorsements and a PR-driven website. The College has no degree giving powers, nor any influence over any syllabus for any of the offered degrees. The degrees that its students will study for are normal University of London degrees, which for external students can undertake at a fraction of the proposed £18,000. The College will seek access to University of London facilities, which it will presumably have to pay for at a commercial rate.
If there is to be some brave new initiative to protect and cherish the teaching of the humanities in this country then it should not be a glorified crammer for rich students in Bloomsbury with a slick and misleading website.
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