Teachers failing to make the grade

IF ONE feeds chaff and low-quality grain into a flour mill, one cannot expect it to be able to produce top-quality flour.

For many years, various types of business people have remarked on their difficulty in acquiring decent quality graduates to fill vacancies, but no one took heed and we continued to make it easier for low-quality applicants to enter university.

University teaching is a business and needs a very high percentage of occupancy to cover its costs. It is wrong to lower the standards required to enter as this can unbalance the diversity of those graduating, 99% of soft-subjects and 1% maths and science.