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The hollowing out of higher education

The hollowing out of higher education

Universities are trashing the very subject knowledge that makes doing a degree worthwhile.

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Aug 23, 2023
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The Prime Minister is worried about ‘rip-off university courses’. Rishi Sunak plans to ‘crack down’ on ‘poor-quality courses’ that don’t offer graduates the ‘prospect of a decent job’. His Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, concurs. She thinks that young people only go to university ‘because they don’t know what else to do,…

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