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"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Tumbleweed wrote:
>>
>> Werent they all employed in soem respect by their
>> universities.professors, teaching assistants etc?
>>
>
> And where does University funding come from?
Some from the tax paper, some from patronage, some from industry. All a
fixed amount rather than an open ended sum available to anyone who'd like to
study indefinitely.
>
>
>>
>> I take your point, but that doens't imply that therefore anyone should be
>> able to study whatever they want for as long as they want..which is the
>> implication of the complaint that people who choose to do post grad
>> studies should be funded by someone else (generally aka the rest of us).
>>
>
> Who do you think actually does most of the research?
'the* research???'...you'll have to narrow it down a bit more than
that.....research into media studies..surfing....david beckham...quantum
mechanics..film criticism....DNA...genetics...????
>
>
>>>
>>>As for baroque music being irrelevant as a subject to study, I bet more
>>>westerners would be familiar with the works of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel
>>
>>
>> None of whom got grants or even student loans.
>>
>
> But lived instead on patronage - the then equivalent of today's Arts
> Council grant - and what they could earn from part time jobs and selling
> compositions - the then equivalent of a part time evening job.
>
>
> Tony
Well then perhaps todays post grads can do that instead of whinging about
not being supported by those on uk.rec.cycling (trying to get back on topic)
who pay taxes.
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> Tumbleweed wrote:
>>
>> Werent they all employed in soem respect by their
>> universities.professors, teaching assistants etc?
>>
>
> And where does University funding come from?
Some from the tax paper, some from patronage, some from industry. All a
fixed amount rather than an open ended sum available to anyone who'd like to
study indefinitely.
>
>
>>
>> I take your point, but that doens't imply that therefore anyone should be
>> able to study whatever they want for as long as they want..which is the
>> implication of the complaint that people who choose to do post grad
>> studies should be funded by someone else (generally aka the rest of us).
>>
>
> Who do you think actually does most of the research?
'the* research???'...you'll have to narrow it down a bit more than
that.....research into media studies..surfing....david beckham...quantum
mechanics..film criticism....DNA...genetics...????
>
>
>>>
>>>As for baroque music being irrelevant as a subject to study, I bet more
>>>westerners would be familiar with the works of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel
>>
>>
>> None of whom got grants or even student loans.
>>
>
> But lived instead on patronage - the then equivalent of today's Arts
> Council grant - and what they could earn from part time jobs and selling
> compositions - the then equivalent of a part time evening job.
>
>
> Tony
Well then perhaps todays post grads can do that instead of whinging about
not being supported by those on uk.rec.cycling (trying to get back on topic)
who pay taxes.
--
Tumbleweed
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tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com