fibreman wrote: Whatever govt does, it's ok as long as they think about us here now. And make sure new students know very well what awaits them before they come.

Agreed! be optimistic. things will work out!

Immig, I do actually agree with you... I am not from only one of top 40, but more like top 10 unis myself. I would never have agreed to even just come to some shanty university. i thought, a good one, or nothing. You are right, but I think the motivation for govt to axe psw etc. is to achieve an xy ...

Fibreman, there's no point telling him about fairness because I think he has never heard of that word. tall_funky, please don't resort to personal attacks here. If you are unable to contribute to this discussion in a learned gentlemanly way, then I suppose you should do what you said earlier and ...

HNC people will get HNC level jobs and Oxford Cambridge graduates will get their level jobs . What you talking about ? From all of your posts in this thread I guess you have a little idea about the UK University education. You mention MBA.... its not a specialist skill at all- where ever you get it ...

Hey, to add to this discussion... tall funky is right you can't get anything at all. No benefits or anything else for that matter. There is no economic burden there for sure. You simply don't qualify for anything. I clarified what I meant about that. I was referring to students who arrive here and ...

Is it fair to grant someone graduating with a HNC from a polytechnic, a visa to work in the U.K? Fairness is a subjective term, for e.g students graduating with a HNC in a particular field might be more productive/desired in a given circumstances. I understand govt. does a brain storming on ...

There was a time when if you did an MBA in certain schools you automatically qualified for enough points under the new points based system under the previous Labour Government. Of course, this "special arrangement" was later cancelled as it excluded many other legitimate students and there could ...

law is law, its same fr evryone.....not differnt for dffrnt people....lets take otherway..is it fair if a person cant afford to go in oxford rather he do a degree frm some small instustion....does tht mean he doesnt have rght to apply gud job or any wrkpermit like others.... Law is same fr evryone ...

psychic wrote:is MBA a specialised skillset?

Well yes, if it's from Harvard, Oxford or any other top Business Schools. It's been ridiculed due to the large number of mushroom/bogus institutions offering it of late.

Is it fair to grant someone graduating with a HNC from a polytechnic, a visa to work in the U.K? Will this student become an economic burden to the country in a few years time? Should this student be treated in the same manner as someone graduating from Oxford or Cambridge with a MBA or a any degree ...