White working class boys could be treated like ethnic minorities by universities, says minister

Delscottio · 2014-01-04T18:49:58+00:00

I'd honesty prefer the pushing of trades to these kids. We are going to face a huge skills shortage very very soon. The lucky few are going to clean up.

I grew up in a working class and deprived area the fact university was sold as the place to be even then annoys me, nevermind now with the huge debt.

soulwomble · 2014-01-04T15:26:23+00:00

I'm in university in the UK and I can relate to this, sometimes it feels like theres hardly any students that are from the same kind of background as mine and they're all posh hipsters.

Ma99ie · 2014-01-05T01:28:28+00:00

Feminist explosive backlash in 3...2...1...

SporkTornado · 2014-01-05T07:00:49+00:00

I would rather just throw out all affirmative action and special programs targeted at any gender or race. what bothers me about the system is that there are less boys in school because of all the special programs aimed at women. I don't think the problem would be solved by adding special programs for boys. but taking away all the girls only scholarships. then things would be equal.

b1q · 2014-01-04T19:16:27+00:00

Formula to doom society: turn all your breeders into workers, and your workers into what...itinerant criminals?

binarypillbug · 2014-01-04T19:08:37+00:00

but surely, this is just boys choosing differently

Hirudin · 2014-01-04T20:42:52+00:00

This is bullshit. Affirmative action and quotas should be eliminated entirely. This is going toward equality in exactly the wrong direction.

Ted8367 · 2014-01-04T20:01:41+00:00

"The root causes of the under-representation of students from disadvantaged backgrounds are under-achievement at school and poor advice on the best choices of A-level subjects and university degree course."

Wendy appears to have missed the most important factor. No surprise.

hugolp · 2014-01-04T16:03:54+00:00

This is ridiculous.

This fixation on quotas should stop, specially now that the original reason for its implementation has disappeared. Obviously politicians dont want to let go because its very useful for them as a voting grabbing tool, which was the main reason it was implemented in the first place.

Title	White working class boys could be treated like ethnic minorities by universities, says minister
Author	Dexter77
Upvotes	36
Comments	34
Date	January 4, 2014 2:45 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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