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[email protected] · April 14th 15, 07:21 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
05:42:48 on Tue, 14 Apr 2015, remarked:
Ah - were students going off to uni at a younger age then? The
standard entry these days is 18 or higher.

Some were, especially a few mathematicians. Child protection issues
have largely stopped unis from accepting under-18s.

I wonder if there's also an issue with minors signing up for student
loans.

I doubt that. Parents have to stand behind their student children, even
over 18. So that is easy to fix. It's modern paranoia about child
protection that's scaring off universities that's much harder to handle.

Why is it more difficult than schools (boarding schools if you like).

They're not geared up for it, given that only a tiny minority of students
are affected. The majority threw off the "in loco parentis" stuff 45 years
ago.

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Colin Rosenstiel