British students 'are least hard-working in Europe'

Great news, no? I have been fulminating and moaning about our education system for a long time now. This report just shows where we are!

The figures show that students at English universities receive about 14 hours tuition a week and work for about 25.5 to 26 hours a week. This puts it at the bottom of a European league table, which places Portugal top, with students working 41 hours a week. After England, Spain is the country where students expend least effort, devoting an average of 29 hours a week to their work.

Those who spend the least time working are students on communications courses such as media studies with 19.4 hours a week. The longest hours at English universities are put in by veterinary students (37hours ) and those studying medicine and dentistry (35.5).

And then they think that they cannot compete against Asian economies. You bet they cant, not with this meagre amount of teaching and study.

All this to be taken with a grain of piquant salt!!!