Education in this country is screwed

[mudskipper]

Technical colleges? Our local one does all sorts of short courses in useful stuff.

[vetran]

usually local collages only offer courses suitable for the demographic of your region

enough said

Web.Enrol - find courses

Art, Craft & Design (20 courses)
Business (3 courses)
Computing / IT Skills (61 courses)
Cookery & Healthy Eating (4 courses)
Dance & Exercise (7 courses)
English & Maths (12 courses)
ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages (15 courses)
Hair, Beauty & Complementary Therapies (12 courses)
Other (2 courses)
Personal Development (1 course)
Skills for Work & Employability (7 courses)

yep

[SueEllen]

Technical colleges? Our local one does all sorts of short courses in useful stuff.

That's because you live in an area where people want to do more than just paint nails and stare at crystals.

[BigRed]

Keep looking chuck, something will turn up

Pun of the day.

missed that completely

[socialworker]

I've decided I fancy doing an adult education course, learning how to use CNC machines for milling & turning metal.

So I had a look on my local council website. I can get courses in crystal healing, applying make up, nail art and facial skincare. I can study ballroom dancing or christmas flower arranging. But I can't even learn how to use hand tools, never mind a ******* lathe.

Axminster Tools do excellent short courses including some engineering ones.

[Moscow Mule]

Is there one of these near you?

Was taking off in Australia in quite a big way...

[vetran]

or these

The UK Hackspace Foundation

[alluvial]

Really pisses me off does this.
When I was working away I used to sign up to all sorts of woodworking courses. Learnt a load about general woodworking, woodcarving and turning in this way. I learnt valuable skills and it kept me out of the pubs. Now, though, bugger all to be found more interesting than flower arranging. Mrs A who is in the educashun business tells me that the previous bunch of useless pulled all the funding for this sort of course and put it into the classes for useless scrotes who couldn't be arsed to work and get a decent grade in school. Result is that all the courses that were seen to not be furthering their social agenda went under as the cost for the attendees went through the roof and made them unaffordable.
My liver hates them.

[Bunk]

usually local collages only offer courses suitable for the demographic of your region

enough said

there in the business to make money, and if painting nails is all that interests the local then so be it.

Not to mention most locals do not speak english very well - the country so slowly turning into a huge bus station

Looks like they can't write it either

[sasguru]

The more I read doodab's posts the more it appears he lives in some chavvy, ghetto area.
I've been keeping an eye out for the filth he says infests London and that he claims I don't notice. But where I live it all seems green and leafy, spic and span, well-manicured lawns and drives. I did see a can of Coke on the next street though.