95 suicides or about one death every four days!
"In the drive to make universities profitable, there is a fundamental confusion about what they are for. As a result, there has been a shift from prizing learning as an end in itself to equipping graduates for the job market, in what for some can be a joyless environment.
At the same time as access to university was dramatically expanded, spending on public services was slashed: in the decade after the financial crash, day-to-day spending on public services as a share of GDP was at its lowest since the late 1930s. This meant savage cuts to local authorities, schools budgets and NHS mental health provision."
In addition to the workload at university, according to a 2014 report, "a significant number of students (45%) do paid part-time work alongside their studies, with 13% doing a 35-hour week."
That's what we call joyful learning and learning to develop critical thinking! In reality, corporate university is a laboratory in which a pliant, dependent, and a vulnerable workforce is created.
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what a counsellor says to you if you can’t afford to pay your rent,” says Crawford. “The way universities currently operate is manufacturing conditions that create poor mental health. So at the very least, they should invest some resources so that everyone can be seen and supported.”
"The way universities are run is making us ill"
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"In the drive to make universities profitable, there is a fundamental confusion about what they are for. As a result, there has been a shift from prizing learning as an end in itself to equipping graduates for the job market, in what for some can be a joyless environment.
At the same time as access to university was dramatically expanded, spending on public services was slashed: in the decade after the financial crash, day-to-day spending on public services as a share of GDP was at its lowest since the late 1930s. This meant savage cuts to local authorities, schools budgets and NHS mental health provision."
In addition to the workload at university, according to a 2014 report, "a significant number of students (45%) do paid part-time work alongside their studies, with 13% doing a 35-hour week."
That's what we call joyful learning and learning to develop critical thinking! In reality, corporate university is a laboratory in which a pliant, dependent, and a vulnerable workforce is created.
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what a counsellor says to you if you can’t afford to pay your rent,” says Crawford. “The way universities currently operate is manufacturing conditions that create poor mental health. So at the very least, they should invest some resources so that everyone can be seen and supported.”
"The way universities are run is making us ill"
Related
Students finance, stress and sex work