Grade inflation is rampant at universities, a consequence of replacing the pursuit of excellence with the pursuit of league table rankings linked to pass rates.
A strikes leaflet from the University and College Union has a glaring spelling error – and that just sums up everything that's wrong with higher education, says Busqueros.
Why are university students so vapid and lazy? Yes, the old have been complaining about the young since the beginning of time, but today’s students seem unusually passive and disengaged.
According to Basqueros, the Daily Sceptic's pseudonymous higher education columnist, scrapping visas for the dependants of foreign postgraduates is a bloody good idea.
The worst thing is that young people are not growing out of their snowflake tendencies. Instead, society is being forced to encourage the eccentricities of the young. This doesn't end well.
The objections to including a new statutory tort in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill by the Labour shadow universities minister were comically feeble, says Busqueros in the Daily Sceptic.
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