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Re: Yup, it is sad. They are and will be our most important institutions. snoopster - 05/05/2004 08:51:15 AM

I was originally highly against turning the Polytechnics into Universities, and my views on that have changed now. However, like just about everything the Major government did what was good in theory was handled very poorly in practice with no decent planning (Rail privatisation being the other obvious thing). The change was just awful. They should have had a plan where by the unis were only transferred to full University status when standards were up to the appropriate level, and they also needed plans to generate extra funding.

I'm still not sure of the benefit of turning Polytechnics into Universities, they were created for different roles and I think they work well at them. But you are completely right about the poor planning - it seems like it was done in a huge rush.

As for Blair Tuition fees says it all.

They are a mess and go against Labour's traditions as well, one more thing putting pressure on Blair...

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For Mierin: It's 25 years since Margaret Thatcher became PM Sir Excalibur - 30/04/2004 10:41:04 PM 131 Views

How depressing snoop - 30/04/2004 10:54:05 PM 27 Views

To be fair ... Sir Excalibur - 30/04/2004 11:09:10 PM 24 Views

I wasn't argueing the case for war snoopster - 01/05/2004 08:43:51 AM 10 Views

Well after your post ... Sir Excalibur - 01/05/2004 09:59:43 AM 12 Views

I just remember the TV moment when she was asked about it by a member snoopster - 02/05/2004 08:20:12 PM 6 Views

Yeah I know what you are referring too Sir Excalibur - 02/05/2004 09:50:13 PM 5 Views

You know she was recently berating her to me in an IM chorabliss - 30/04/2004 10:54:58 PM 31 Views

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*NM* Sir Excalibur - 01/05/2004 10:23:10 AM 3 Views

*drowns you in fish oil* mierin sedai - 01/05/2004 10:15:04 AM 11 Views

Ignore Me *NM* Sir Excalibur - 30/04/2004 11:15:55 PM 9 Views

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I notice how the article "forgets" mierin sedai - 01/05/2004 10:17:18 AM 17 Views

Ruined the Universities? Sir Excalibur - 01/05/2004 10:32:49 AM 12 Views

cutting costs mierin sedai - 05/05/2004 03:42:11 AM 7 Views

I don't think it is fair to balme that uniquely on her Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 08:31:15 AM 7 Views

Sadly snoopster - 05/05/2004 08:35:06 AM 7 Views

Yup, it is sad. They are and will be our most important institutions. Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 08:44:07 AM 7 Views

Re: Yup, it is sad. They are and will be our most important institutions. snoopster - 05/05/2004 08:51:15 AM 6 Views

I'm not saying we don't need Polytechnics (or equivalent) Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 09:40:23 AM 4 Views

she started it, though mierin sedai - 05/05/2004 08:45:46 AM 7 Views

Well I think you can go back before Thatcher for that Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 08:52:30 AM 6 Views

hah! mierin sedai - 05/05/2004 09:02:53 AM 11 Views

Re: hah! snoopster - 05/05/2004 09:06:36 AM 5 Views

nonono mierin sedai - 05/05/2004 09:32:10 AM 13 Views

But, we did it when it was the done thing snoopster - 05/05/2004 09:42:00 AM 7 Views

Exactly. Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 09:50:08 AM 6 Views

It does raise an interesting point though snoopster - 05/05/2004 09:54:16 AM 6 Views

That is a good question Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 10:04:11 AM 6 Views

I'm sure mierin will naswer us snoopster - 05/05/2004 10:08:47 AM 7 Views

According to my research ... Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 10:21:55 AM 7 Views

Damn Sweden indeed, though who can blame them? snoopster - 05/05/2004 10:31:01 AM 8 Views

I agree with you on one point. Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 09:37:48 AM 6 Views

Yeah she nailed us scots as well. p hart - 02/05/2004 11:39:04 AM 7 Views

Scotland (and Wales) did very poorly under Thatcher Sir Excalibur - 05/05/2004 08:37:25 AM 9 Views

Re: Scotland (and Wales) did very poorly under Thatcher p hart - 05/05/2004 11:04:35 AM 4 Views

ridiculous comparisons wads - 01/05/2004 11:06:29 AM 11 Views

In some cases Sir Excalibur - 01/05/2004 11:30:11 AM 8 Views

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