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FFS - too old now! 08:47 - Apr 1 with 923 viewsbluelagos

Just reading up on the recruitment criteria for the plod, and it looks like they have a 50 max for new starters :-

https://www.bluelinejobs.co.uk/industryguides/view/76233

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FFS - too old now! on 09:20 - Apr 1 with 818 viewsCheltenham_Blue

If the University sector collapses in the next few years I'm in.

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FFS - too old now! on 09:21 - Apr 1 with 812 viewsbluelagos

FFS - too old now! on 09:20 - Apr 1 by Cheltenham_Blue

If the University sector collapses in the next few years I'm in.


Why would the University sector collapse? Thought numbers were stronger than ever?

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FFS - too old now! on 09:23 - Apr 1 with 814 viewschicoazul

My mate in the OB says they are always very very worried about new recruits in their 40s. The uniform gives them carte blanche to do what they’ve always wanted; bully people and push them around.

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FFS - too old now! on 09:28 - Apr 1 with 799 viewsCheltenham_Blue

FFS - too old now! on 09:21 - Apr 1 by bluelagos

Why would the University sector collapse? Thought numbers were stronger than ever?


Applications up across the sector this year, except in my specialism. Bit of a blip year to be honest as applications had been increasing year on year.

But the sector is in real financial trouble, fees have been capped at £9250 for 10 years but expenditure has increased year on year for all Universities.

Government now seriously considering caps on student numbers and reducing fees for 'arts' courses, which would be a death knell for many courses at University as those courses often have the highest overheads.

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FFS - too old now! on 10:11 - Apr 1 with 753 viewsSharkey

FFS - too old now! on 09:28 - Apr 1 by Cheltenham_Blue

Applications up across the sector this year, except in my specialism. Bit of a blip year to be honest as applications had been increasing year on year.

But the sector is in real financial trouble, fees have been capped at £9250 for 10 years but expenditure has increased year on year for all Universities.

Government now seriously considering caps on student numbers and reducing fees for 'arts' courses, which would be a death knell for many courses at University as those courses often have the highest overheads.


Genuine question - why would 'arts' course have higher overheads? Where I work, the technical subjects have a higher budget per student, as they need more equipment and special labs.
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FFS - too old now! on 10:19 - Apr 1 with 737 viewsCheltenham_Blue

FFS - too old now! on 10:11 - Apr 1 by Sharkey

Genuine question - why would 'arts' course have higher overheads? Where I work, the technical subjects have a higher budget per student, as they need more equipment and special labs.


Cameras, Lenses, Studio Flashes, Darkroom Materials and the like aren't cheap. And we can suffer quite a lot of damages as students aren't exactly gentle with the kit they use, I swear they wipe their arses with some of it.

Add to that that the law of diminishing returns means we need to replace gear every 4-5 years and pay for maintenance every summer.

We have 3 photographic studios and 2 darkrooms, with all the associated maintenance. At my University, the Arts subjects are probably up there with the technical subjects.

All that being said, our Humanities subject area has just been decimated by the University, but we aren't a Russell Group university, so they don't have significant recruitment.

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FFS - too old now! on 10:24 - Apr 1 with 716 viewsHARRY10

I was recently turned down for the police force, even though I had, what I thought, were some novel ideas for policing

I put my thoughts out now on the internet



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FFS - too old now! on 13:01 - Apr 1 with 639 viewsSwansea_Blue

FFS - too old now! on 09:21 - Apr 1 by bluelagos

Why would the University sector collapse? Thought numbers were stronger than ever?


We've just been through a demographic dip that has seen home applications drop for many courses (still not properly out of that). Massive drop in EU applications for obvious reasons. Medical course have been hammered by the scrapping of nursing bursaries.

It's variable, but a lot of universities are struggling. Recent review in Wales, for example, found that pretty much all are screwed and they've all been cutting staff numbers (plus Welsh Unis get about £2k less per student than England, so not a level playing field).

The better Unis can cope by dipping into the pool of slightly lower grade 6th formers, but that then hammers the middle unis who are losing out on those students.

And now the European Structural Funding has disappeared (was significant for those areas of the UK who were eligible), we've not signed up to the EU Territorial Cooperation Programmes (also a former big funder of research) and the govt are also proposing to pay for our involvement in the EU Horizon programme by taking the money from the existing Research Council budget.

It's a bit of a clusterfeck at the moment. It'll be interesting to see how this all impacts global league tables, as they're extremely important to international recruitment.

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FFS - too old now! on 15:13 - Apr 1 with 592 viewsCrawfordsboot

I hope the application was received before 12.00 😁
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FFS - too old now! on 15:50 - Apr 1 with 565 viewsSharkey

FFS - too old now! on 10:19 - Apr 1 by Cheltenham_Blue

Cameras, Lenses, Studio Flashes, Darkroom Materials and the like aren't cheap. And we can suffer quite a lot of damages as students aren't exactly gentle with the kit they use, I swear they wipe their arses with some of it.

Add to that that the law of diminishing returns means we need to replace gear every 4-5 years and pay for maintenance every summer.

We have 3 photographic studios and 2 darkrooms, with all the associated maintenance. At my University, the Arts subjects are probably up there with the technical subjects.

All that being said, our Humanities subject area has just been decimated by the University, but we aren't a Russell Group university, so they don't have significant recruitment.


OK, now I get it. I was thinking 'arts' as opposed to sciences, not as opposed to humanities.
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FFS - too old now! on 16:31 - Apr 1 with 524 viewsCheltenham_Blue

FFS - too old now! on 13:01 - Apr 1 by Swansea_Blue

We've just been through a demographic dip that has seen home applications drop for many courses (still not properly out of that). Massive drop in EU applications for obvious reasons. Medical course have been hammered by the scrapping of nursing bursaries.

It's variable, but a lot of universities are struggling. Recent review in Wales, for example, found that pretty much all are screwed and they've all been cutting staff numbers (plus Welsh Unis get about £2k less per student than England, so not a level playing field).

The better Unis can cope by dipping into the pool of slightly lower grade 6th formers, but that then hammers the middle unis who are losing out on those students.

And now the European Structural Funding has disappeared (was significant for those areas of the UK who were eligible), we've not signed up to the EU Territorial Cooperation Programmes (also a former big funder of research) and the govt are also proposing to pay for our involvement in the EU Horizon programme by taking the money from the existing Research Council budget.

It's a bit of a clusterfeck at the moment. It'll be interesting to see how this all impacts global league tables, as they're extremely important to international recruitment.


Where are you? Swansea or Trinity St Davids?

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