Comments on: Sir Alan’s first task should be ….

By: disaffected

disaffected — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:57:08 +0000

Electro Kevin got it in one .
By and large any one in business has had it to the back teeth with all of the mainstream parties and considers them all a waste of time and space as they are all full of the old bull and hardly a fag packet between them on anything of importance .
As for the amount of youngsters going to uni , its simply ridiculous .
There are only ever in truth a small proportion of really gifted who should be in university education , the present system is simply social engineering at its very worse .
It makes the thick kids all believe they should be going and when they come out from third rate unis with useless degrees and debts its all someone elses fault !
And because it cant be afforded they load the cost onto the same silly kids who have fallen for the hype ( plus possibly liked the idea of messing around for a few more years instead of going out and getting a proper job )
I actually have more respect and concern for the kids who have known their limitations but want to work and find theres not much available.

By: David Brain

David Brain — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:13:39 +0000

Agreed!

By: Ellee

Ellee — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:49:51 +0000

David,of course it’s a stunt. I feel sorry for him because he is being advised all the time about improving his communication skills and connecting with celebs and it just backfires, the same as when he rang the BGT judges after Susan Boyle was hospitalised. This is not his style. He is trying to ape Blair too much.

By: David Brain

David Brain — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:19:34 +0000

I think the Sir Allan appointment was a shallow stunt in an area that needs serious solutions. And you know what my political affiliations are – which makes me doubly infuriated by it.

By: Flowerpot

Flowerpot — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:43:55 +0000

I will be most interested to see how Siralan gets on. I know there’s widespread controversy over his suitability for the job…

By: Welshcakes Limoncello

Welshcakes Limoncello — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:51:31 +0000

I agree, Ellee. It is awful that young graduates feel there is no hope. Here the situation is even worse, in Italy as a whole and particularly in Sicily, where getting a decent job depends on the staus of your family and who you know.

By: mutley

mutley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:53:54 +0000

Sadly, I will not be advising either of my children to go to Uni in this country. Its simply not worth it…

By: Philipa

Philipa — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:52:21 +0000

Well supporting wealth creating industries would help and that would mean the government looking at changing the red tape that is choking many businesses.

This is a bit rich with LDV going to the wall.

By: Winchester Whisperer

Winchester Whisperer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:18 +0000

Perhaps he should bring back the Dept for Innovation and Skills?

By: Umbongo

Umbongo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:36:21 +0000

Ellee

Siralan has got as much idea about how to get more apprenticeships for young people as Postman Pat – or anyone else in the government. He is there because Gordon 1. has no idea how business works 2. thinks that a successful businessman like Siralan – whose expertise is as a trader not an industrialist – might have an idea, and 3. got some more or less favourable headlines.

It doesn’t surprise me that you worry about your sons in modern Britain. Maybe we should concentrate our resources on sending to university those who can benefit from it, not to fulfil an off-the-cuff remark about getting 50% of children into university – any old university to study any old subject. In that way we can go back to the system I (or more to the point my parents) benefited from, where all my university fees were paid by the taxpayer. But, there again, to get the taxpayer to cough up I had to sit real exams and get real grades before I was allowed to become an undergraduate.