Universities face cap on variety of college students taking 'rip-off' levels

The authorities has mentioned it plans to cap the variety of college students accepted on to "rip-off" college levels.

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The limits shall be imposed on programs which have excessive dropout charges or a low proportion of graduates getting an expert job.

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Under the measures, the utmost payment that may be charged for classroom-based basis 12 months programs may also be lowered to Β£5,760 - down from Β£9,250.

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The plans, introduced by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, are a part of the federal government's response to the Augar evaluate, established by Theresa May again in 2017.

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Among the report's suggestions - which additionally included reducing tuition charges and extra funding for additional schooling - was an goal to cut back the variety of "low value" programs leaving college students with poor job prospects.

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Under the plans, the Office for Students (OfS) shall be requested to restrict the variety of college students universities can recruit on to programs which can be seen to fail to ship good outcomes for graduates.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak mentioned: "The UK is residence to a few of the greatest universities on the earth and finding out for a level could be immensely rewarding.

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"But too many young people are being sold a false dream and end up doing a poor quality course at the taxpayers' expense that doesn't offer the prospect of a decent job at the end of it.

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"That is why we're taking motion to crack down on rip-off college programs, whereas boosting abilities coaching and apprenticeships provision.

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"This will help more young people to choose the path that is right to help them reach their potential and grow our economy."

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Ms Keegan mentioned: "These new measures will crack down on higher education providers that continue to offer poor quality courses and send a clear signal that we will not allow students to be sold a false promise.

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"Wherever they select to review, it is important college students can achieve the talents wanted to get nice jobs and succeed - supporting the Prime Minister's precedence to develop our financial system."

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But opposition MPs said the measures amounted to a "cap on aspiration" that may limit alternative for younger folks.

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Shadow schooling secretary Bridget Phillipson mentioned: "This is simply an attack on the aspirations of young people and their families by a government that wants to reinforce the class ceiling, not smash it.

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"The Conservatives' appalling file on apprenticeships means it may possibly't be trusted to ship the overhaul that our younger folks want, and (the) new position for the Office for Students shall be to place up contemporary boundaries to alternative in areas with fewer graduate jobs.

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"Labour will enable our young people to seize the opportunities of the future through our reforms of the skills system and higher education funding - your background will be no barrier to getting on under a Labour government."

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Munira Wilson, the Liberal Democrats' schooling spokesperson, mentioned: "Rishi Sunak is so out of ideas that he's dug up a new version of a policy the Conservatives have announced and then unannounced twice over.

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"Universities don't need this. It's a cap on aspiration, making it more durable for younger folks from deprived backgrounds to go on to additional examine."

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