The great university funding crisis, sub-prime
degrees and Boris Johnson’s “new normal”
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2020/07/editor-s-note-great-university-funding-crisis-sub-prime-degrees-and-boris
Universities Minister Michelle Donelan:
“Too many have been misled by the expansion of popular sounding courses with no real demand from the labour market.
Quite frankly, our young people have been taken advantage of – particularly those without a family history of going to university. Instead some have been left with the debt of an investment that didn’t pay off in any sense.
And too many universities have felt pressured to dumb down – either when admitting students, or in the standards of their courses. We have seen this with grade inflation and it has to stop.”.
Minister lambasts English universities for letting down students
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/01/minister-lambasts-uk-universities-policy-for-letting-down-students
The great university con: how the British degree lost its value
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2019/08/great-university-con-how-british-degree-lost-its-value
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/01/minister-lambasts-uk-universities-policy-for-letting-down-students
The great university con: how the British degree lost its value
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2019/08/great-university-con-how-british-degree-lost-its-value