tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post1189296874304343345..comments2023-05-25T17:22:15.021+02:00Comments on Belgium...on a shoestring: Show me that smile againIngrid and Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13426584530129365794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post-47713594838036337662007-02-17T10:45:00.000+01:002007-02-17T10:45:00.000+01:00Thanks Ingrid. I know I can be pretty one-eyed in ...Thanks Ingrid. I know I can be pretty one-eyed in my blog, so it is nice when there is at least one person who doesn't want to run me over in their 4x4 after reading it.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327320192613156388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post-48847244970729045752007-02-15T19:33:00.000+01:002007-02-15T19:33:00.000+01:00Finland...Finland...Ingrid and Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426584530129365794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post-28775447420623326292007-02-15T11:18:00.000+01:002007-02-15T11:18:00.000+01:00What's the first?What's the first?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post-10898868515000473132007-02-14T13:40:00.000+01:002007-02-14T13:40:00.000+01:00No - nothing like that here - just an article abou...No - nothing like that here - just an article about the foreign students having a passing rate of 15% lower than Belgian's - and this rate has remained the same for the past 10 years. Belgian students have approx 50% passing rate, while foreigners 35%. The article was mainly concerning students from a North African or Turkish background - and concerned mostly the cultural differences, and the difficulties faced with many of these students being first generation tertiary students (as opposed to Belgians...). With the socialist system here, it costs as much for a Belgian to study as for a foreigner, and the lecturers are not obliged to force anyone pass. Probably why Belgium has the 2nd most respected schooling system in the world...Ingrid and Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426584530129365794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20195997.post-67775348813866730422007-02-14T12:41:00.000+01:002007-02-14T12:41:00.000+01:00Did you read my comment on your last blog? Yeah, w...Did you read my comment on your last blog? Yeah, we read Nick's blog and were impressed with his writing style and his content.<BR/>What was the article concerning foreign students about? There has been much in the press here recently concerning the pass rate of foreign students in Australia. To precis, lecturers are forced to pass many of these students even though they have underachieved, purely because they are full fee paying students. It's sad that universities are only concerned with money and not results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com