POST 5: SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-REL​ATED ARTICLE

POST  5: SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-REL​ATED ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN OR THE SANTIAGO TIMES (ONLINE NEWSPAPERS)

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> Select a piece of news connected to your area of studies / future career.

> Write a summary of it.

> Provide the link to your piece of news.

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Remember:

• Do not rewrite the original piece. Don’t copy and paste.
• Keep your summary short.
• Use your own wording.
• Refer to the central and main ideas of the original piece.
• Read with who, what, when, where, why and how questions in mind.
• Do not put in your opinion of the issue or topic discussed in the original piece.

Make sure to write about  220 words.

Please have a look at my sample post below to get an idea.

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Private universities complain of insecurity

By Anna Fazackerley , The Guardian, Monday 1 October 2012 19.30 BST

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/oct/01/private-higher-education-reforms

This article is about the complaints made by private higher education providers, in spite of the fact that they are doing well, and the reaction of their critics.

While some in the public sector resent the freedoms given to private providers, these, in turn, acknowledge the fact that they feel they have benefitted from the policies of the new coalition government and are doing good business, but they fear insecurity and claim that if the current system doesn’t change they might be affected.
Although public universities have now to restrict to a certain number of applications, private institutions can recruit as many  students as they want and these students are now entitled to get public loans. Notwithstanding this, Alain Jenkins, of the the Edge Hotel School, acknowledges that there is less hostility towards private institutions, but says that some new policies are still not friendly.
While the number of applications in the whole sector has declined and the participation of for-profit institutions across the sector is still small, the latter  have dramatically increased the number of recruits. Regardless this, Prof Terence, Kealey of Buckingham, states that many of  his colleagues feel the system is unfair, and Paul Marshall, of Business Schools,  points out that private providers fear that expansion is risky because a new Labour government might affect investors. Besides, some people from the private sector are annoyed because, although their institutions succeded an accreditation  proccess to have degree-awarding powers, they have to reapply every six years.
On the other hand Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, accuses  private providers of being shameless because while they are making demands, they are said to be committing several frauds.
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