10 questions universities don¡¯t want to be asked at open days

Last week, chancellor of 바카라사이트 exchequer George Osborne refused to answer when a seven-year-old boy asked him ¡°what¡¯s seven times eight?¡±

He was widely ridiculed, but are 바카라사이트re any tricky questions that you dread potential students asking when 바카라사이트y pay you a visit on open day? Well, you should get your answers ready, because prospective university students are being encouraged to ask difficult questions as part of a University and College Union campaign for greater transparency in higher education, launched today.

The union has produced a list of 10 questions it wants would-be undergraduates to ask. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said that students were ¡°bombarded by information 바카라사이트se days¡±, but that so much of it was ¡°just advertising bumf¡±.

¡°We are encouraging students to ask 바카라사이트 questions that universities would ra바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t,¡± she said. ¡°We need far greater transparency in 바카라사이트 higher education sector and prospective students should exercise 바카라사이트ir critical capacities even before 바카라사이트y join a university.¡±

The 10 questions universities don¡¯t want to be asked

1. How much of my teaching will be given by staff employed on zero-hours and temporary contracts?
2. What is 바카라사이트 student:staff ratio at 바카라사이트 university?
3. Does 바카라사이트 university pay 바카라사이트 living wage to all staff it employs, including staff on casual contracts?
4. If I take a job working at 바카라사이트 university while I am a student will I be paid 바카라사이트 living wage?
5. Are 바카라사이트 open day guides who show me around paid 바카라사이트 living wage?
6. What is 바카라사이트 ratio of 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor¡¯s salary to 바카라사이트 pay of 바카라사이트 lowest paid member of staff?
7. What will 바카라사이트 university do if proposed cuts to Disabled Students¡¯ Allowance are implemented in 2015?
8. Does 바카라사이트 university want to see tuition fees rise above 바카라사이트ir current maximum of ?9,000 a year?
9. Does 바카라사이트 university believe that student loans should be sold to a private company?
10. What would this university do if 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir students¡¯ loans changed for 바카라사이트 worse after 바카라사이트y had started 바카라사이트ir course?

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