I like this a *lot*
But I wonder...who would choose which degrees are worthwhile and free?

None of us here I'm sure would have any hesitation in saying Maths, Physics, Computing, Engineering, Medicine etc... all the sciences.

But then, if you say "come on, there's a million of you who want to do (psychology|sociology|film studies|nutrition|"sports science"|etc), you're all going to end up in a call centre, so if you're serious about doing this you should pay for it" you're going to get a whole lot of people with pitchforks following you home.

Or maybe just make it *all* free. That'd be nice. And make it so admission is percentage based over the whole country...so only the top 10% can get in, rather than "Anyone who got an A"
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:07, 1 reply)

My Post

was a bit of a piss-take.

That's the way life used to be pre-1990. You had the brains - you went to uni for free. If you're parents earned under a fairly generous amount, you were also given a "stipend" or grant to help out with living expenses.

I got paid to get my degree - as did most of my peers. But it was fucking hard to get a place.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:15, closed)

Same.
I was in literally the last year of (small) grants and no fees.

I get more upset by the year at how much worse and more commercialised education is forced to get.

Education and knowledge are supposed to be free and universal. How are we ever going to reach the stars if we're all down here quibbling about pennies?

Point taken that your post was a piss take, but it had some strong sub text (/bait ;-) )
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:44, closed)