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The Death of Higher Education

£9,000 of fees per year…

I can’t help but think this could well be the beginning of the end… the end of my plan to study for a PhD in English Literature.

With fees set at £9,000 I certainly won’t be able to afford the cost.

And what people so often neglect to menti

University drop in standards: solution #1

Quite simply this: make every single student that applies for university in Great Britain take the English test that international students have to take.

Self-service checkouts

What is it with this sudden rise in self-service checkouts?

I went shopping with Tom the other day, and there we were loaded up with two baskets full of Tom's shopping, waiting patiently to be served by a human cashier when we were unceremoniously ushered towards the self-service checkouts and expected to sca

Estate Agents

Estate Agents: don't ya just love em?

Here at Bellclose Road we certainly don't. It all started about six weeks ago now while during the night, unbeknownst to any of us, a 'For Sale' sign appeared outside our house.

D.I.Y.

I honestly wonder why I do it sometimes. You would think given my less-than-enjoyable experience painting the garden furtniture in my Nan's garden would have put me off for life, but no, it seems I just can't escape the dreaded D.I.Y.

I mean it's not that I don't like D.I.Y.