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UNIVERSITY DROP OUTS
Later on this week the Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish the new university drop out rates. Previous figures have shown that about fifteen per cent of students drop out nationwide and this cost the country an estimated three hundred million pounds in tuition fees and subsidised student loans.
Libby Purves is joined by two academics Professor Susan Price from the University of East London and Matthew Andrews from the University of Durham to discuss what happens to students when they get into higher education and to find out why so many fail to complete the course they start. They also discuss what can be done to reduce the drop out rate.
Tamsin Barber talks to James who left Cardiff University two years into a psychology degree and Rachel who dropped out of Bristol University after a year of studying theology.
ADULT EDUCATION
Jenny Budden attends an Art class at her local college, earlier this summer she told Libby how recent changes to the costs of non qualification classes would impact on students that are less well off. But the Romsey Education Partnership have re-thought their budgets and managed to restore discounts. Jenny Budden shares the good news.
STUDENTS UNION
Rajeeb Dey is an eighteen year old, and the driving force behind ESSA - the English Secondary Student's Association. This new organisation aims to represent secondary school pupils in England and hopes to demonstrate that they have a voice that should be heard.
Rajeeb Dey explains to Libby Purves why he thinks young people are not very interested in politics and public affairs and how he wishes to inspire them in the future.
SATS - new system
After years of criticism that creativity and the commonsense of teachers were being compromised by the narrow testing environment, early years SATS have now been toned down. A new pilot system was tested last year in five thousand schools across the country. Libby Purves talks to Pete Scott, Deputy Head of Dobb Cross School in Sheffield which took part in the pilot.
Additional information:
Professor Susan Price
Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of East London
Matthew Andrews
Head of undergraduate admissions at Durham University
Rajeeb Dey
National Co-ordinator of ESSA - English Secondary Students Association
ESSA's official launch conference will be held at the end of November 04.
Have you got a story for Chalkface Lovesongs ?:
Radio 4's long-running series CHALKFACE LOVESONGS goes FURTHER this autumn and is looking for contributions from teachers in Further Education. Do you have a personal story of a single event in or out of the classroom that encapsulates your passion for teaching? Has the subject that you teach opened the door for someone who thought education was not for them? If you think you can write a piece of approx. 1250 words and read it out on air we would like to hear from you. Send an e-mail to: Chalkface Lovesongs
New series of Chalkface Lovesongs starts on Sunday 12 th December 2004 - broadcast Sunday at 5.40pm and repeated the following Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm
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