Is money spent on students wasted?

Article Abstract:

There are mixed views about whether graduates are of real benefit to the UK economy. Some observers believe that students learn skills which boost their productivity when they enter the world of work, and that the overall productivity of the UK economy is therefore increased. However, others believe that higher education does not boost the productivity of students. Employers favour graduates because they have innate qualities, rather than because their potential productivity is high. Individual students gain from higher education, but there are no benefits to the economy as a whole.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Economic aspects, Universities and colleges, Employment, Graduate students, Education, Higher, Higher education

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20bn pounds sterling has been wasted. People have died. Yet the ministry to blame is still a slave to the farming business. Only when secrecy ends will consumers come first

Article Abstract:

The UK's ministry of agriculture, food and fisheries has never really worked to defend the interests of consumers, as it is strongly influenced by the powerful food producers' lobby and by financial considerations. It has, for example, failed to reveal the true extent of the link between BSE and CJD, and has not taken fast enough action at any stage in the BSE crisis. Similar lack of responsibility has been shown by European Commission officials, who should also have defended the interests of consumers.

Political activity, Column, Beef, United Kingdom. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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I know my father died of drink. I watched him

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A woman who watched her father die from the effects of alcoholism describes her experiences. The events which prompted her father to become an alcoholic are detailed, and the deterioration in his health as a result of excessive alcohol consumption is explained. The shame and taboo surrounding death from alcoholism are discussed, and the reasons why doctors are reluctant to confirm alcoholism as the cause of death are detailed.

Alcoholism

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