21st June 2010, 09:18 PM
Wax Wrote:Three years is a long time to commit to study and have to support yourself financially. I really do not know how today’s students do it and suspect that we are no longer looking at a meritocracy in the education system but the bank of Mum & Dad. If you can afford it you can buy anything including a degree!
I have never understood why the UK can't live with a modular degree system where students take courses as and when they can afford them with generous time spans allowed in which to gain a degree - lets say 9 modules required within a maximum 10 year period. This would seem to be a way to make both education affordable and also to mix study learning with practical work/life experience. It wouldn't stop anyone from doing a straight 3 year full time degree, but would give an extra incentive for less well off students or students with other committments (familes for example) to fit further learning around a real life. Of course it wouldn't be as lucrative for colleges and universities......(and I guess that answers why it isn't more widespread)...
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