What's in the news?
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Oxford University (that's in Engand I believe) came top of the world's top 20 universities, oh there were another three English universities in there. As Bill Bryson said in a a book I was reading, a country with about 1% of the world's population has 20% of the best 25 universities in the world.
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I haven't been updated on "The News" since the departure of the original Top Gear team.
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I think that might be impossible, if Ian can only make contact with CT that might be difficult. In fact if only CT is available in France I wonder what the french think of it?!
Tut tut Brue.......are you trying to be rude?
Thank you everyone else.......2 weeks news summed up in a few lines......I wonder why those TV news reporters get paid so much?!
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This university education lark is getting over the top! Its purely a business today, with universities vying with each other to get the best crop of students in order to top up their bank balances.
In reality, - how many jobs actually require new emplyees to be of a university standard? Very few I suspect.
When I retired from Police Service I was one of the last Senior Officers NOT to have letters after his name, but I would bet I was a better thief taker, and above all a leader, than many who followed me.
What the service needs today, and so many other occupations too is grass routes experience of the job in hand, gained by serving time at the coal face, not theoretical knowledge gained from Uni.
What we need is more Old fashioned apprenticeships!
TF
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This university education lark is getting over the top! Its purely a business today, with universities vying with each other to get the best crop of students in order to top up their bank balances.
In reality, - how many jobs actually require new emplyees to be of a university standard? Very few I suspect.
When I retired from Police Service I was one of the last Senior Officers NOT to have letters after his name, but I would bet I was a better thief taker, and above all a leader, than many who followed me.
What the service needs today, and so many other occupations too is grass routes experience of the job in hand, gained by serving time at the coal face, not theoretical knowledge gained from Uni.
What we need is more Old fashioned apprenticeships!
TF
..That is so true TF in the last few years before i retired, I was often "lumbered" with Graduates ,who would after a short time be parachuted into posts that used to be earned!! with Knowledge and experiance, but because they had a "degree" it was thought that they were better?,but not one of them had any skill which would give them respect amongst the shop floor staff to give advise if problems arose
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Not sure what this has got to do with 'news' but I do agree.
By far the best 'graduates' in my profession are those who have done a part-time degree while working and learning the job.
Those from full time education know a bit of theory but have no practical experience and have great difficulty with practical application.
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Not sure what this has got to do with 'news' but I do agree.
By far the best 'graduates' in my profession are those who have done a part-time degree while working and learning the job.
Those from full time education know a bit of theory but have no practical experience and have great difficulty with practical application.
...It could be "news" to some
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Please do not blame the Universities.
Not that long ago I worked on programmes to help new students get used to university life, as well as my ongoing faculty teaching. I was quite shocked when I first discovered that some in the first year intake were unsure about crossing a road on their own,
as they had always had the "lollipop lady" at their school.I was even more shocked when I realised just how many there were. I subtely introduced a learning exercise that used "Crossing the Road" as its exemplar just to be on the safe side.
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Please do not blame the Universities.
Not that long ago I worked on programmes to help new students get used to university life, as well as my ongoing faculty teaching. I was quite shocked when I first discovered that some in the first year intake were unsure about crossing a road on their own, as they had always had the "lollipop lady" at their school.
I was even more shocked when I realised just how many there were. I subtely introduced a learning exercise that used "Crossing the Road" as its exemplar just to be on the safe side.
Write your comments here.. I agree, Universities are fine places of learning.
That some students come to universities poorly prepared for university education , casts a shadow on their previous educational establishments.
On the news ---I believe one of the Oxbridge uni's came out very well in the survey of this year's best universities. The UK has to be proud of that.
K
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you may be surprised but I do agree with you
Not sure what this has got to do with 'news' but I do agree.
By far the best 'graduates' in my profession are those who have done a part-time degree while working and learning the job.
Those from full time education know a bit of theory but have no practical experience and have great difficulty with practical application.
Well you may be surprised but I agree on the whole with you, ( apart from they know a lot of theory). We get NQTs straight from training who know all the theory but probably all have trouble with the practical aspects of classroom management, they only learn
that by doing.Experience is very important but not without theory to build on.
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The latest news is about the change in weather. Wet and windy!
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I read in the news yesterday they were saying don't put your BBQs away just yet
Indian Summer due next week 
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