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Pontefract and Polytechnics: One Of These People Is Lying 1x01
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Chuu after performing for festivals at Gangseo university & Korea Polytechnics University (Incheon campus)
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'many polytechnics...sought to widen access to the humanities by developing their own provision. Indeed, the conversion of polytechnics into universities in 1992 was justified in part by the principle that a general intellectual education should not be the preserve of a narrow elite.' 2/4
May 26, 2026 at 6:43 AM
'many polytechnics...sought to widen access to the humanities by developing their own provision. Indeed, the conversion of polytechnics into universities in 1992 was justified in part by the principle that a general intellectual education should not be the preserve of a narrow elite.' 2/4
Polytechnics:
A polycule of engineers
A polycule of engineers
Polyhydrate: a polycule who’s very good about drinking their water
Polycarbonates:
A polycule who love using a sodastream
A polycule who love using a sodastream
April 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Polytechnics:
A polycule of engineers
A polycule of engineers
One of the things that I believe broke technical education in the UK was the conversion of polytechnics into universities. Polytechnics, in Crosland's original vision, were under local authority control so that the would be more responsive to local industry needs.
May 31, 2026 at 10:57 AM
One of the things that I believe broke technical education in the UK was the conversion of polytechnics into universities. Polytechnics, in Crosland's original vision, were under local authority control so that the would be more responsive to local industry needs.
About $190m needed to restart polytechnics - consultants reports www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol complete waste of money, expertise and talent. Reckless in pursuit of ideology
#nzpol complete waste of money, expertise and talent. Reckless in pursuit of ideology
About $190m needed to restart polytechnics - consultants reports
The study commissioned by the Tertiary Education Commission claim at least two institutes had no future as standalone organisations.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
About $190m needed to restart polytechnics - consultants reports www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol complete waste of money, expertise and talent. Reckless in pursuit of ideology
#nzpol complete waste of money, expertise and talent. Reckless in pursuit of ideology
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June 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Or did the university sector expand beyond the predictable demand?
It always seemed bonkers to base their business model on never-ending growth.
#r4today
It always seemed bonkers to base their business model on never-ending growth.
#r4today
September 30, 2026 at 7:02 AM
As students are returning to universities, colleges and polytechnics, they are signing the #ForeverCanadian petition and sharing with us why being Canadian is so important to them.
Thank you and have a successful school year!!!
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The dumbest op-ed you'll read today is from the CEO of 'Polytechnics Canada' whining about the exemption for grad students as evidence of a pro 'university bias' by the feds.
Colleges/polytechnics are responsible for like 90% of the growth in int'l students. Universities aren't the problem.
Colleges/polytechnics are responsible for like 90% of the growth in int'l students. Universities aren't the problem.
February 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM
The dumbest op-ed you'll read today is from the CEO of 'Polytechnics Canada' whining about the exemption for grad students as evidence of a pro 'university bias' by the feds.
Colleges/polytechnics are responsible for like 90% of the growth in int'l students. Universities aren't the problem.
Colleges/polytechnics are responsible for like 90% of the growth in int'l students. Universities aren't the problem.
Additionally, you need to stop fantasising about polytechnics, Oxford superiority, or believing that the majority of students are taking Harry Potter Studies or whatever.
(They're mostly doing Business Studies, Politics, and Law, basically).
(They're mostly doing Business Studies, Politics, and Law, basically).
July 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Additionally, you need to stop fantasising about polytechnics, Oxford superiority, or believing that the majority of students are taking Harry Potter Studies or whatever.
(They're mostly doing Business Studies, Politics, and Law, basically).
(They're mostly doing Business Studies, Politics, and Law, basically).
This is exactly it. Then the original polytechnics will close.
Polytechnics didn’t become universities. Universities are in the process of becoming polytechnics.
September 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
This is exactly it. Then the original polytechnics will close.
I do wish that the university education = employment skills equation could be quietly, unceremoniously dropped from every opinion piece on universities' futures. In the 4 cases cited below, vocational training existed separately from university first degrees before the polytechnics were vaporised.1/
'It could mean fewer opportunities to study locally. Courses disappearing from particular towns and cities. Less capacity to train the nurses, teachers, engineers, and health professionals the economy needs.'
September 28, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I do wish that the university education = employment skills equation could be quietly, unceremoniously dropped from every opinion piece on universities' futures. In the 4 cases cited below, vocational training existed separately from university first degrees before the polytechnics were vaporised.1/
But also many of the polytechnics did teach History.
September 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
But also many of the polytechnics did teach History.
I'm sensing a bit of a pattern here: government stops some big project with no plans for a replacement, finds out that it's going to cost them more in the long run for a worse result. Huh, imagine that.
About $190m needed to restart polytechnics - consultants reports
The study commissioned by the Tertiary Education Commission claim at least two institutes had no future as standalone organisations.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I'm sensing a bit of a pattern here: government stops some big project with no plans for a replacement, finds out that it's going to cost them more in the long run for a worse result. Huh, imagine that.
maybe we should rebrand post92s as Polytechnics or better yet Working Class Education Institutes, maybe then Labour MPs would stop calling my students (who come from some of the most deprived backgrounds in the UK) 'elite'
April 29, 2026 at 5:59 AM
maybe we should rebrand post92s as Polytechnics or better yet Working Class Education Institutes, maybe then Labour MPs would stop calling my students (who come from some of the most deprived backgrounds in the UK) 'elite'
Polytechnics didn’t become universities. Universities are in the process of becoming polytechnics.
September 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Polytechnics didn’t become universities. Universities are in the process of becoming polytechnics.
Great use of the word ‘guarantee’ there to mean ‘I think this is a good idea’. And where does Burnham think all this ‘technical’ education is going to happen? Has he forgotten that all the polytechnics are now universities?
Brilliant idea, next PM. No one else has ever tried to manifest balance into being. That’ll happen any day now
June 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Great use of the word ‘guarantee’ there to mean ‘I think this is a good idea’. And where does Burnham think all this ‘technical’ education is going to happen? Has he forgotten that all the polytechnics are now universities?
This is outrageous. The Nats didn’t campaign on it, nor was it signalled in the Minister’s consultation. Our polytechs are part of our PUBLIC education infrastructure and there is no way that they should be up for sale.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Polytech sales possible but unlikely when Te Pūkenga disestablished - minister
In a surprise move, the sale of polytechnics will be on the table when the national institute of technology Te Pūkenga is disestablished.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:49 AM
This is outrageous. The Nats didn’t campaign on it, nor was it signalled in the Minister’s consultation. Our polytechs are part of our PUBLIC education infrastructure and there is no way that they should be up for sale.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"The old polytechnics and learning a trade are perfectly valid" often has an unspoken "for someone else/someone else's kids, not me & mine"
May 27, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"The old polytechnics and learning a trade are perfectly valid" often has an unspoken "for someone else/someone else's kids, not me & mine"
Oh, oh, I've got a great name for them : Polytechnics!
We really should never have got rid of them, or seen them as lesser.
We really should never have got rid of them, or seen them as lesser.
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Oh, oh, I've got a great name for them : Polytechnics!
We really should never have got rid of them, or seen them as lesser.
We really should never have got rid of them, or seen them as lesser.
This is what the ITP sector teaches. Give students the foundations at school, then send them along to the polytechnics for industry specific skills.
August 6, 2026 at 6:47 AM
This is what the ITP sector teaches. Give students the foundations at school, then send them along to the polytechnics for industry specific skills.