Is the Belt Tightening ?

[darthmaul]

We recieve EMA on this basis:

We attend every lesson and active
We are not late for a lesson more than twice a week in any one subject.
We are doing AS-A2 levels.

per week if your parents earn:
£19k or below - £30
£25k or below - £20
£32k or below - £10

hehe

big bribe

i myself recieve £30 and its useful for everything, namely because it provides what my parents would otherwise have to fork out for.

[Richard Ruck]

30 quid a week should cover some smokes and some cheap booze, anyway.

[J.R.]

30 quid a week should cover some smokes and some cheap booze, anyway.

Speak for yerself !!

[Richard Ruck]

30 quid a week should cover some smokes and some cheap booze, anyway.

Speak for yerself !!

SOME smokes and SOME cheap booze...

Not ALL of it, obviously!!

[Deb GP]

£30 a week to do A-levels???? FFS! Why not reduce the need for University debt.

If people can't be bothered to study then they should be happy with their job in Tesco/MaccieD's/brickyard.

[Mrs C.]

I`m sure that there are ways of getting the allowance when not entitled to it - just as some parents seem to be able to avoid paying school fees. Unfortunately, perhaps, for my daughters, we can`t "play the system".

[Great Plum]

I remember being very fed up when I found that kids now get paid to go to school *sigh*

Oh well, back on topic...

[darthmaul]

I do not disagree with the sheer ridiculousness of the Gov. paying us to attend school. It is a bribe, and yes it is merely to 'up our education quotient', so the govt. isnt lumbered with excessive problems when the current baby boomers and their children reach retirement. There is of course a current downward trend in the number of children being had, and the dependants ratio is worsening.

Perhaps the Govt hope that we will provide.

I suspect that benefits and the dole tantalise the masses to a greater degree than a real job.

[Vonny]

£30 a week to do A-levels???? FFS!

My thoughts exactly

[Hendrik]

The boarding houses have never as far as I'm aware had new roofs...

What about the new Grecian Houses?! Are they still standing?

i'd be surprised, they've got more cut corners than a pack of rizla green.

[englishangel]

CH as we know has assets totalling somewhere in the region of £240m. However, this is much reduced from previous levels, and many measures are currently underway, namely;

Students must provide most of their own paper
Bread and milk supplies in house are also much reduced.
I think the heating is slightly lower than normal!

On a much bigger scale;

School visits may well begin to cost more

There are more measures which escape me, but others will know

Don't you get some government incentive for studying A Levels nowadays?

£30 quid a week if your parent(s) are below a certain level of income.

[darthmaul]

Don't you get some government incentive for studying A Levels nowadays?

£30 quid a week if your parent(s) are below a certain level of income.

Whilst we receive money, it is not a particularly well thought out idea. I suspect we would be perfectly well off without it. Getting into uni would be easier.

What about the new Grecian Houses?! Are they still standing?

i'd be surprised, they've got more cut corners than a pack of rizla green.

Grecians houses are alive and well, surprisingly. It is the 2001-present refurbs of the Av houses that are already suffering, especially (bizarrely) Peele.

The fire regulations are the primary cause of this mess, as they are extortionate in price and weight; they pull out of the hinges due to their sheer mass!

The 'paint' finish is also wearing - it should have been glossed or matted over, but they left it with what appears to be merely a primer!

Grecians West is fine, although my view at the top of the house is impeded by a fellow students window, about 12 feet away

[darthmaul]

apologies for that last. school networks are notoriously bad at this.

[Great Plum]

So the refurbs that cost millions and put lots of doors in strange places are falling apart?

[J.R.]

Seems that way, young Plum !

(Jobs for the boys, and all that ? Nod-Nod Wink-Wink ? Funny hand-shake ? Roll yer trouser leg up ? Lend us yer apron ??)