人生只如初見

　　Philosophy student, University of Edinburgh

　　“I have yet to meet a fellow undergraduate who is fit for the role of forming higher education policy.

　　I would feel much more comfortable with those decisions being made by career professionals and experts. Students can give their views, of course, but they should not be given actual power over the management of higher education.

　　It is extremely tough to find students who can actually represent the views of their peers. The NUS is the main vehicle of student democracy, but its election turnouts are woefully low. The vast majority of students simply do not want to engage with public policy.

　　There is a vast disconnect between the views of most students and those selected to represent them – undergraduates have largely ignored the lecturers’ strikes [over their pensions], turning up to campus and crossing picket lines every day to get on with their work.”