MP brands students as ‘lazy’
A Senior MP has caused major controversy by claiming British Students are lazy. The veteran chair of the commons education select committee, Barry Sheerman MP, has said: “too many students gain degrees, but cannot speak or write English properly”.
This is said to be in relation to an effort to force students to work harder. Students have fought back against Sheerman, with the National Union Of Students releasing a statement saying he was: “out of touch” and that they reject his: “outrageous” remarks.
Sheerman though, again trying to degrade students, shot back with an attack on a ‘fair access’ policy. “Can we ensure that fair access means students are suitably qualified, that they can speak and write English properly and they can work a bit harder than the average student in our universities, who don’t at this moment work hard enough?”
Supporting the students, the NUS vice president Aaron Porter fighting back against Sheerman, saying that times had changed since the Huddersfield MP enjoyed a free university education in the 1960s.
“Barry Sheerman is evidently out of touch,” he said. “Students are working harder than ever to earn their degrees. On top of this they are now working a record number of part-time jobs to support themselves financially, thanks to the top-up fees policy which Mr Sheerman voted for.”
“As chair of the select committee it is particularly outrageous that he should be making such a statement, representing a party that came to power with education as a top priority.”
“Mr Sheerman should stop pontificating in the House of Commons and visit a university in his constituency so he can find out what life is actually like for students.”
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