Leeds Met : Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:31 am  

Leeds Met are putting their student fees up by 50% to cover increasing costs.What will this mean for the Carnegie cash bandwagon that bankrolls Leeds Rugby Club, Yorkshire cricket, the Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge.Is it right that students should subsidise all this, bearing in mind that the Met students tend to come from not as well off families than those at Leeds Uni.Is taking money away from education the right way to sponsor sport?

Re: Leeds Met : Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:36 am  

Lord Magoon wrote:

Leeds Met are putting their student fees up by 50% to cover increasing costs.What will this mean for the Carnegie cash bandwagon that bankrolls Leeds Rugby Club, Yorkshire cricket, the Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge.Is it right that students should subsidise all this, bearing in mind that the Met students tend to come from not as well off families than those at Leeds Uni.Is taking money away from education the right way to sponsor sport?

erm where is your facts on this please? both have similar fee structures so it all goes on results. I actually have factual proof that will back my claim that you are talking rubbish

Re: Leeds Met : Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:40 am  

bewildered wrote:

erm where is your facts on this please? both have similar fee structures so it all goes on results. I actually have factual proof that will back my claim that you are talking rubbish

You have "factual proof" about the incomes of the families of students at each institution? I'd be interested in seeing these "facts".

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:40 am  

This is still being talked about, nothing has been decided as far as I'm aware.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:42 am  

Jord Rhinosaur wrote:

This is still being talked about, nothing has been decided as far as I'm aware.

9 minutes for the Leeds Met mouthpiece to pipe up; must try harder.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:54 am  

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http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 5196141.jp

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:55 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

9 minutes for the Leeds Met mouthpiece to pipe up; must try harder.

who you supporting tonight?

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:00 am  

I wasted 4 years of my life at Leeds Met; the least they can do is sponsor my beloved Rugby League to make me feel like I got something worthwhile out of them.

They've been sponsoring things for the past few years without raising their fees. I doubt now that this is proposed with the intention of it generating more sponsorship money. Im sure the hike in fees (Which most Uni's are planning/pushing for or they already have higher fees) is to ensure better facilities, better teaching and better equipment.

On your subject of background. I got Uni offers from Leeds and Leeds Met, I chose the met. Background wealth played no part in it and I suspect that is true to most, especially with the financial "Support" that is available nowadays. People who attensded whichever uni got their on merit, its unfair of you to suggest its due to their "well off" backgrounds.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:03 am  

SDB wrote:

On your subject of background. I got Uni offers from Leeds and Leeds Met, I chose the met. Background wealth played no part in it and I suspect that is true to most, especially with the financial "Support" that is available nowadays. People who attensded whichever uni got their on merit, its unfair of you to suggest its due to their "well off" backgrounds.

Well said.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:12 am  

In an era of redundancies being threatened across the HE sector I'd be interested to know how Leeds Met and other post-92 'universities' can justify using funds to sponsor sporting teams.

If anything Leeds Rhinos should be paying Leeds Met if they are benefitting from the fruits of the sports science research being undertaken there.