Friday, 31 May 2024
Conservative party says it will close the 'worst-performing' degrees that have high drop-out rates and 'poor' job prospects, but policy is labelled 'absurd' by former Culture Minister.
Conservative plans to introduce legislation allowing university courses with the worst employment outcomes to be closed down risk harming the creative industries, figures in the sector have warned.
Under plans set out ahead of the general election on 4 July, the Conservative party says it will close the "worst-performing" degrees that it deems to be a "rip-off" due to high drop-out rates and "... read more