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Social Engineering........

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Grandmabatty Tue 31-May-22 08:33:21

Serious illness? Trauma? So if a child has had one bad year, they are forever banned from accessing university. That's woeful.

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Germanshepherdsmum Tue 31-May-22 08:29:13

You surely have to be pretty bad at maths or English to fail at GCSE level. Are they excluding resits if someone had the misfortune to be ill?
Generally I do feel that too many young people go to university nowadays, many taking courses that are unlikely ever to lead to employment which pays enough for them to make any student loan repayments. So many would be far better taking a vocational course or starting an apprenticeship.

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Franbern Tue 31-May-22 08:20:45

I have just learnt that this tory government have pushed through a new ruling which will mean that if a person once fails their Maths and.or English GCSE they will then no longer be eligible for anhy form of loan, e or funding for University and will have to be self-funding.

This will ensure that poorer and less advantaged (or even those with known and accepted learning problems with regards to numbers or words), and. who do not come from families who are able to pay for extra tuition or send them to schools with tiny classes will be no longer be able to access any form of higher education.

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