What shall we do with the children?

Why is it OK for Higher Education to park its students for 3 years while they read novels, but not OK for Further Education to give courses to those with less stellar A levels in subjects which will never qualify them for a proper job, or perhaps only for one (hairdressing, media studies, performance art) in which supply far outstrips demand.

Does the argument that training you how to think, analyse, use technology etc is a good thing in itself not apply in this context?

How many graduates in English Literature are published writers (of any kind, not just novelists or journalists)

And if vocational education is not the business of the State, (or the tax payer) why do we provide expensive university places for doctors, dentists, lawyers & clergymen?

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