For the love of God can adults please stop saying uni

[CressidaEgg]

Let's reclaim the five syllable word. University. It grates to read MNers talking about their DC going off to "uni" or even about their own time at "uni". Just call it what it is: university.

a drop in standards is not responsible for the expansion of HE

That is not what I said

I also went to uni in the 90s. It was a well used phrase then, I remember my brothers using it in the 80s. It's just a shortening of a long word.

I hate it too even though I know it's totally unreasonable and ridiculous! I also hate crem for crematorium- irrational!

The latest issue with unconditional offers is going to cause huge problems going forward

Unconditional offers isn’t a new thing is it?

Completely at odds with the point of the thread but do unis (just to make it relevant...) still do points offers as well as traditional grades offers?

The whole blanket unconditional offer thing is already starting to die out....thankfully! Uni’s make a whole range of offers , it really depends on the institution, the course and whether a specific subject is required.

When I was a student in the 1980s, only the (generally well-heeled) people who came from families where university attendance was the norm called it "uni". The rest of us called it "university" or, more often, "college" (as we didn't want to sound like show-offs!).

Completely at odds with the point of the thread but do unis (just to make it relevant...) still do points offers as well as traditional grades offers?

Yes, generally the lower ranking courses. The value of the points changed a year or two ago, btw, if anyone finds current points tariffs surprising.

Oops rough apostrophe there!

Rogue even!

Go home OP, you're drunk and it's time for bed.

Yes, generally the lower ranking courses. The value of the points changed a year or two ago, btw, if anyone finds current points tariffs surprising

Thanks Errol. I remember only one of my offers worked on the points system but it was a tough offer.

I'll buck the trend and admit 'uni' is an abbreviation I too find mildly annoying; not sure why, possibly because it sounds a bit twee. You are not the only one, OP.

LadyHooHa

I'm glad my research area was none of those things, Blaablaablaa. How unspeakably dreary that must be, when you could be reading books.
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LadyHooHa:
I concur.

Uni sounds twee!? Huh? I am struggling with this. Do you know what twee actually means?

The whole blanket unconditional offer thing is already starting to die out....thankfully! Uni’s make a whole range of offers , it really depends on the institution, the course and whether a specific subject is required

Thank you. I can’t remember what the grading system used to be (an A was 10 or 12 points maybe?) but my one points offer required that x number of points was made up of an A in the relevant subject

Totally agree that uni sounds annoying, it's one of my pet peeves. Tbf though it isn't said here in Ireland, everything is college, maybe university at a push.

InfiniteVariety

...40 years ago only 10% of the population went to university.
Now it's 40%.
Of course there has been a drop in standards because the top 10% are by definition cleverer than the next 30% so degrees had to become easier to achieve.
This is why it matters more than ever to get into a good solid academically well-regarded course at a good solid academically well-regarded university

Exactly. It’s illogical to imagine anything else.

Dear dear Original Poster, I think you are getting a little too upset about something quite trivial and unimportant.

I do hope you do not shorten any words or phrases yourself, as this could be seen as a trifle annoying by other posters, what.

Here college is an institution that awards primarily Bachelor's degrees while a university also offers masters and PhD programs.

'KateMcD451 It must be nice having nothing else to worry about

BTW, I don't want the 'love of God'

I can’t say the full word without:

University.
Anniversary.
Next door neighbour’s wife’s in labour...

It’s just a manner of speaking. Calm down.