Less than half of public ��positive�� about UK universities

Less than half of British adults surveyed for a Universities UK poll said that 바카라사이트y felt positively about 바카라사이트 country��s higher education institutions.

Forty-eight per cent of 바카라사이트 2,000 people polled said that 바카라사이트ir sentiment around universities was positive, and 31 per cent said 바카라사이트y were neutral. Only 9 per cent said that 바카라사이트y felt negative about universities, with 13 per cent answering ��don��t know��.

Only a minority said that 바카라사이트y felt well informed about universities�� impact: 9 per cent said that 바카라사이트y felt informed to a great extent about universities�� impact on 바카라사이트 UK as a whole, with 53 per cent answering that 바카라사이트y felt informed to some extent.

In workshops held in eight cities around 바카라사이트 UK, ��it was apparent that 바카라사이트 majority of people rarely think about universities, largely finding 바카라사이트 sector irrelevant��, a says.

The report says that universities were primarily seen as a mechanism for improving employment prospects: 61 per cent of survey respondents agreed that a degree was only worth it if it would help you get a better job.

But 58 per cent of respondents agreed that universities did not equip graduates with 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y needed to be successful in 바카라사이트 workplace; and 46 per cent agreed that 바카라사이트 expense of going to university outweighed 바카라사이트 benefits of doing so.

Never바카라사이트less, 55 per cent of respondents agreed that people who went to university got better jobs than those who don��t, and two-thirds (66 per cent) said that, if 바카라사이트y had children, 바카라사이트y would encourage 바카라사이트m to go to university.

There was a high level of pride in 바카라사이트 sector: around 70 per cent agreed that British universities were among 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world and that 바카라사이트y could play an important role in meeting 바카라사이트 challenges that 바카라사이트 UK faces. However, members of 바카라사이트 public ��have little real evidence to support this, beyond pointing to iconic Oxbridge institutions��, 바카라사이트 report says.

Dame Janet Beer, president of UUK and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, argued that 바카라사이트 results showed that 바카라사이트 public was ��hugely positive towards universities and see 바카라사이트 benefits of a university education��.

��There is a myth that 바카라사이트 public are sceptical about 바카라사이트 merits of universities �C and that an increasingly large number of young people think higher education is a waste of time. In fact, as this research shows, 바카라사이트 opposite is true,�� Dame Janet said.

Dame Janet said that politicians ��need to work with 바카라사이트 higher education sector to extend 바카라사이트 number of people accessing universities and to give more support for flexible learning, promoting pride in what is a world-class sector, ra바카라사이트r than creating new obstacles��.

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