British Universities fall in best university league table

[TimberWolf]

We might as well do away with academic qualifications now that they are worthless.

I propose that we award knighthoods instead. One of those would look great on a CV and almost guarantee employment. The target would be that 50% of students would be awarded a knighthood, and the rest an OBE. 100% employment beckons. How could it possibly fail?

[centurian]

It's also because they are completely unashamed about charging a fortune and using rich students to fund the best education, which pooer students will have difficulty making use of.

Is that unfair - Labour would certainly say so - but the fact the UK universities are falling behind is is an example that fairness means dragging the top down, rather then levelling everyone else up.

[Boudica]

In the US it costs something like $100k to get a degree from a decent place. It damn well should be good.

and the ones who aren't good enough get sent to my 'university' I've never seen so many designer handbags/clothes/snazzy cars in my life!

[d000hg]

BBC News - US dominates university rankings

Not surprising really. If higher education has fallen in standards, one can only imagine what has happened to GCSE and A level standards.
All the universities have jsut become factories churing out paper degrees.

In the US it costs something like $100k to get a degree from a decent place. It damn well should be good.

[fullyautomatix]

Don't be silly, Minestrone has three of those and look at him, such a shining example of Scotland's 'speshul educashun' system.

To his credit he did build a AtW search engine clone in a day. I am not sure what that proves, but certainly shows that Russian Universities are lagging behind.

[Incognito]

Buckfast problem

He's got three degrees you know.

[Bunk]

Don't be silly, Minestrone has three of those and look at him, such a shining example of Scotland's 'speshul educashun' system.

Buckfast problem

[Incognito]

Don't be silly, Minestrone has three of those and look at him, such a shining example of Scotland's 'speshul educashun' system.

[fullyautomatix]

BBC News - US dominates university rankings

Not surprising really. If higher education has fallen in standards, one can only imagine what has happened to GCSE and A level standards.
All the universities have jsut become factories churing out paper degrees.