Nick Clegg: Universities to lower entrance requirements for poorer students only

[GommeInc]

There's not a lot of news about this policy, considering it should be quite big :/ Only places that report it are the Daily Mail, some newspapers which vaguely mention it and HabboxForum

[MrPinkPanther]

There's not a lot of news about this policy, considering it should be quite big :/ Only places that report it are the Daily Mail, some newspapers which vaguely mention it and HabboxForum

I wonder why...

[ifuseekamy]

This is stupid, unlike the government who just see grades as statistics they can throw around to pretend they're running the country great, they don't mean as much in the real world where you have to go through applications, personal statements and interviews which are ultimately the final decision. All it'll mean is universities will be more oversubscribed than ever.

[Chippiewill]

There's not a lot of news about this policy, considering it should be quite big :/ Only places that report it are the Daily Mail, some newspapers which vaguely mention it and HabboxForum

That is because either:

a) HxF members are at University.
b) HxF members are going to University soon.
c) HxF members are going to University in a few years.
d) HxF members are like sheep.
e) The daily mail has to take digs at the government because they have to.

[Grig]

Awful, first fess now this. Whatever will they think of next. If you are poor and work your arse off, get good grades- you can still get into Oxbridge and just use the student loans.

Most idiotic idea ever imo.

[GommeInc]

That is because either:

a) HxF members are at University.
b) HxF members are going to University soon.
c) HxF members are going to University in a few years.
d) HxF members are like sheep.
e) The daily mail has to take digs at the government because they have to.

a) Google "poorer students university Clegg" and you'll get Habbox Forum reporting on it.
b) Go on major news websites and they don't mention anything on this policy change.
c) Go on NUS and you will also not see any mention of it.
d) I don't think THAT many people are concerned about University.
e) The above was irrelevant, not many people have talked about the policy change here on on HxF, in fact, this is the only thread about the policy change so your point made no sense.
f) The Daily Mail can take digs at the Government, indeed, but it's pointless if you have no resources and references. It's also incredibly annoying when a newspaper is the only one making up the poppycock story reporting the story.

I have one more point that you, which by definition makes my e-penis considerably larger than yours.

Anyway, this story seems bogus. No major newspapers are reporting it, and the National Union of Students makes no mention of this, and they are the #1 source for anything student related.

EDIT: In fact, the NUS have reported that Cambridge is unsurprisingly going to charge students the £9k tuition.

[Chippiewill]

a) Google "poorer students university Clegg" and you'll get Habbox Forum reporting on it.
b) Go on major news websites and they don't mention anything on this policy change.
c) Go on NUS and you will also not see any mention of it.
d) I don't think THAT many people are concerned about University.
e) The above was irrelevant, not many people have talked about the policy change here on on HxF, in fact, this is the only thread about the policy change so your point made no sense.
f) The Daily Mail can take digs at the Government, indeed, but it's pointless if you have no resources and references. It's also incredibly annoying when a newspaper is the only one making up the poppycock story reporting the story.

a) Learn how google does search rankings and you'll see why, that and Jin is awesome at SEO
b) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-students.html
c) They're biased
d) That's why I said sheep.
e) That point made no sense
f) Sorry, did you want to not know about the twin towers attacks just because there's only one newspaper reporting it?
g) My e-penis is 10x Superior because of this pointless point which by that means that it is not pointless.. hassah!

Although, I thought universities already did this?

[GommeInc]

a) Learn how google does search rankings and you'll see why, that and Jin is awesome at SEO
b) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-students.html
c) They're biased
d) That's why I said sheep.
e) That point made no sense
f) Sorry, did you want to not know about the twin towers attacks just because there's only one newspaper reporting it?
g) My e-penis is 10x Superior because of this pointless point which by that means that it is not pointless.. hassah!

Although, I thought universities already did this?

a) IF there was any news on this, then HxF wouldn't be near the top of the list BBC, NUS, local and national newspapers appear to not know of this story, probably because it doesn't exist.
b) One place, that's a lot :rolleyes: It would be a huge story if it existed, seeing as the University Tuition fees are a big thing right now.
c) No they're not, especially not the NUS who probably would support or report on the story to gage what other students think. Bias is a poor excuse.
d) Irrelevant, especially when you said many people would care when they clearly do not.
e) It was referring to your irrelevant point about people caring, when they do not.
f) Ha, loads of places report on that. Thousands of journalists, millions of the public who reported it and billions of people who were informed it by the media, family, friends and the general global audience. Your point is irrelevant.
g) I never made a point about my penis, it wasn't listed. I was staing my list is bigger than yours because there is no evidence of Nick Clegg saying this. If he did, the National Union of Students, National Union of Teachers, the BBC and hundreds of other blogs, newspapers and media based companies would have reported it.

EDIT: In fact, Clegg never even said this. Clegg was commenting on Cambridge and Oxford going ahead with charging students for £9k entrance/tuitions etc etc. He was blasting the fact they're unfair on poorer students, NOT all universities in general. It's about money, not the grades the poor students have.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12409419