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Sunday, November 06, 2022
Fifth of bar staff went to university fuelling fears modern-style degrees are worthless in the world of work
One in five bar staff are now graduates and experts say it is because university leavers find it increasingly hard to find professional work.
Nineteen per cent of bar workers went to university, compared with 3 per cent 30 years ago, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found.
The research, based on data from 6,000 workers, also found that 17 per cent of waiters are graduates, compared with 2 per cent three decades ago.
The same is true of 14 per cent of retail staff, 15 per cent of care workers and 24 per cent of security guards.
It comes amid growing fears that many youngsters are taking ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees, which do not properly prepare them for professional work. Around half of young people now study for a degree.
Lizzie Crowley, of the CIPD, said: ‘Successive governments’ focus on boosting the supply of higher-level qualifications to the labour market has failed to create nearly enough of the high-skill, high-wage jobs that the country needs.’
She said: ‘While graduate-level qualifications are undoubtedly essential in many roles and industries, the significant growth of graduates in non-graduate jobs is damaging for individuals, employers and the economy.
‘A growing number of graduates are stuck in low-skilled jobs, while employers find it harder to motivate and retain overqualified graduates, undermining workplace productivity.
‘Successive governments’ focus on boosting the supply of higher-level qualifications to the labour market has failed to create nearly enough of the high-skill, high-wage jobs that the country needs.’
The research found overqualified graduates have lower job and life satisfaction.
Just over half - 54 per cent - of overqualified graduates report being either very satisfied or satisfied with their current jobs, compared to nearly three-quarters - 72 per cent - of well-matched graduates.
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College students say Connecticut university removed their US flags with Thin Blue Line and Gadsden symbol from housing for being 'offensive' - while BLM and LGBTQ flags were allowed to stay up
Two Trinity College students say the school removed their US flags with the Gadsden symbol and the Blue, Green, Red Line flag - representing police, military and first responders - for being 'offensive.'
The Connecticut college, however, allowed other student's pride and Black Lives Matter flags to stay up.
Finn McCole and Lucas Turco hung up two versions of the American flag outside their dorm windows on the Hartford campus after noticing others had hung flags up too.
'They had LGBTQ flags, they had transgender flags, BLM flags, which we have no problem with any of those flags hanging,' Turco told Fox News' Jesse Watters, who went to the school.
'We believe everyone has the right to their opinion and their own beliefs, and that everyone should be able to put their flags up and so me and Finn thought: "Why don't we put up some flags we personally believe in?"'
Turco said they had the Don't Tread On Me flag up to symbolize their 'love of equality for all people' and the line flag 'to show our reverence for first responders, our family members, our firemen, and police officers.'
'They said that the reason they were taken down was that some people viewed the flags as offensive and I think it's an absolute shame that those flags can be offensive,' Turco said on the show.
Turco said: 'We believe everyone has the right to their opinion and their own beliefs, and that everyone should be able to put their flags up and so me and Finn thought: "Why don't we put up some flags we personally believe in?"'
'It's a sad state of affairs,' McCole agreed. 'From our conversations with the dean, they seemed very open to apologizing [to] us, but it doesn't change the fact what you saw in the video.'
University president Joanne Berger-Sweeney sent an email to students about the situation, writing: 'The removal of two flags outside a Trinity College student residence hall window last week has sparked a conversation across social media about freedom of speech at Trinity.
'As I understand the matter, an apology was issued on the same day of the removal to the students who own the flags for the manner in which the policy was enforced. We will work harder to ensure greater awareness and consistent compliance moving forward.'
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Australia: Queensland schools data reveals private school enrolments growing
As private schools go from strength to strength, Queensland state school enrolment numbers are crashing due to the low birth rate in 2017, homeschool popularity and interstate migration.
Samford Valley Steiner School, an independent school offering Prep-Year 12, has experienced significant growth, so much so they have this year opened six new classrooms.
“We are growing the school from the bottom up,” enrolments manager Joan Weir said.
“I’ve seen the migration trends (with the school’s enrolments), particularly out of Victoria.”
From 2018-2020, state school enrolments increased on average 10,000 ayear. But this growth slowed in 2021 and decreased by almost 4000 in 2022.
From 2018-2022, secondary enrolments have continued to increase, but primary enrolments have shrunk since 2019, with the decline becoming sharper every year.
Education Minister Grace Grace said Covid-related international and state border closures in place until the end of 2021 created a lag in new enrolments.
“We have also seen a rise in home schooling as some families chose to keep vulnerable children at home during a health pandemic,” she said.
“There were also one-off factors like the fact that back in 2017 Queensland had a lower birthrate than usual, which has flowed through now in lower numbers starting prep in 2022.”
Independent school enrolments climbed by 4.8 per cent in 2020-21, which was a 10-year high, and followed this up with a 4.1 per cent jump in 2021-22.
Independent Schools Queensland chief executive Chris Mountford said enrolments were at all-time high across the sector.
“A key factor in this growth over recent years is the increase in in-migration to the sector throughout the pandemic. This could be students coming from interstate, overseas, or the state or catholic sectors,” he said.
“From 2019–2022, net in-migration enrolments at Queensland independent schools jumped, on average, about 50 per cent to 4350 students.”
The Catholic sector enjoyed consistent growth in the past five years, boosting enrolment numbers by more than 10,000 in total, at a yearly average of 1.2 per cent.
“Nine new Catholic schools have opened in Queensland since 2018 to meet the demand in high-growth areas,” Queensland Catholic Education Commission executive director Dr Lee-Anne Perry said.
“These schools have been in high demand with initial enrolments exceeding expectations and, in some cases, requiring additional classes to be offered.”
From 2018-2022, the number of state schools in Queensland grew from 1240 to 1258.
The state government plans to build 11 new state schools in 2023-24 – including five in Ipswich, three in Logan, one on the Sunshine Coast and one in Redland City.
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