Student Demonstrations

[hibby]

This is just the start, when the public sector cuts arrive and the people start losing jobs and ultimately homes we shall see the real rioting.

Police should view this as a training exercise.

[Le S2 Audi]

I am a student studying at the moment for a degree in architecture in my 4th year of 6 at university. I never have any spare time and it irritates the hell out of me when you get woken up by constantly pissed students who do **** all work for a shoddy degree in nothing remotely relevant to life. I do feel privileged to be at university though, of course I would be more happy if it was free but then there would be even more wasters joining in for a laugh. I don't mind paying for the student loan as I know if I put the effort in, it will eventually lead to me getting a good job in something I enjoy.

I as a student don't condone the violence and think it is very disrespectful and selfish, people need to be grateful for what we have got in this country and be pleased we live in a place that actually has a good educational system.

Well said that man there!!

[Dan]

I am a student studying at the moment for a degree in architecture in my 4th year of 6 at university. I never have any spare time and it irritates the hell out of me when you get woken up by constantly pissed students who do **** all work for a shoddy degree in nothing remotely relevant to life. I do feel privileged to be at university though, of course I would be more happy if it was free but then there would be even more wasters joining in for a laugh. I don't mind paying for the student loan as I know if I put the effort in, it will eventually lead to me getting a good job in something I enjoy.

I as a student don't condone the violence and think it is very disrespectful and selfish, people need to be grateful for what we have got in this country and be pleased we live in a place that actually has a good educational system.

See, if folks like you were the rule rather than the exception, I'd quite happily take back most of what I've previously said.

[Error404]

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed the police wasted their one and only "batter a passer-by to death during a protest and get away with it scott free" card on Ian Tomlinson....plenty of bovine psychology undergraduates that would benefit from a truncheon to the skull

[s2_bo]

Cant wait for the first student to come and give there side of the story! Ohh wait, its friday. So they have been pissed since mid day..

[jogi730]

The real blame in my opinion lies squarely with successive governments. First for creating Mickey Mouse degrees to falsely reduce the number showing unemployed and for the deceit politicians have always got away with, making pledges they had no intention of keeping once in government.

It is high time we reverted to previous accademic degrees of real worth. I would have no problem paying my taxes to provide free education to students who deserve it.
Just my thoughts.
CHris

[Ross]

Nobody has started on the 16-18 year olds that get paid to stay on at school... Read about the younger gen joining in for this. What a joke, I worked a saturday job at that age for the privelege of a bit of spending money.

It's all part of this state-funded "something for nothing" culture that seems to have developed thanks to useless governments, I'm all for the students taking a bit more financial responsibility for many of the already mentioned reasons.

As for the riots they're shameful, would like to see the violent offenders punished. The cuts are tough but they have no excuse, in private sector work you suck it up when cuts are made, I'm all for standing up against misjustice this protesting and striking is uncalled for.

[chezz]

we live in a place that actually has a good educational system.

And how many people from less privelidged backgrounds than yours will be going to University? Very few, if any low income parents will be able to send their children on to University!
Tell me just where does all the vast amounts of money go from these under staffed/over populated courses...University is just a business and they just want the maximum amount of students on as many pointless courses as possible, they dont give a **** about the students...it's all about raking in the money.

[Dan]

And how many people from less privelidged backgrounds than yours will be going to University? Very few, if any low income parents will be able to send their children on to University!

Some of the poorest people I know have send their kids to university. This is why we have student loans rather than making people pay upfront.

[chezz]

Some of the poorest people I know have send their kids to university. This is why we have student loans rather than making people pay upfront.

And thats why they are all dancing and partying in London - they are all celebrating the fact that they are all able to borrow so much money.

[Dan]

And thats why they are all dancing and partying in London - they are all celebrating the fact that they are all able to borrow so much money.

Yes, of course the students will protest if you put their fees up. That doesn't have any bearing on whether doing so is fair or not.

Besides that, if I was a student I wouldn't be complaining. I'd now get to earn over £20k after graduating before I have to pay back a penny. That's a bloody good deal.

[HMS-S6]

[goodall]

Personally I'm studying mechanical engineering at the moment, hope to earn enough sod it


However, means tested benefits, set up for student loans is a joke, why should my parents have pay my education at 20 and someone else can get twice money I get and never have pay it back

Or even worse why someone get free money, and not even be in education

[DamianURS4]

******* ell - I open my mouth ONCE!!!

I am an ex student - on a half baked IT degree about butterflies and crayons or something - took me to get a real job to realise we were just bums on seats at this particular Uni. My beef is that the minority who were responsible for the appalling behaviour, and to a larger degree, students pre and uni aged dont seem to grasp the gravity of our economic situation, how it was created, how its going to resolved, why we are all having to suck it in (they are not exempt) and how this directly translates to them. And these are the people we are investing our best available education into......they stand there with thier signs about Tory like they know what the **** they are talking about - come back in 25 years when the penny drops that Labour/Tory/LibDem - they are all the same - the political stance of Labour when they exited government would make Maggie proud had she any marlbes left!

[DJones]

I grew up on a building site... best education you can get...:

Good slap when you get it wrong...
Good pay when you get it right..

Everybody loves a carpenter.....