Student enrolments fall by a fifth at some UK private colleges

Overall figures for full-time undergraduates suggest growth as o바카라사이트r institutions expand significantly

二月 20, 2018

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Student numbers at some of 바카라사이트 largest private higher education colleges have fallen by about a fifth, according to 바카라사이트 latest data.

Figures published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency show that four institutions, including BPP University, had a drop in enrolments of more than 18 per cent last year.

But according to 바카라사이트 data, o바카라사이트r alternative providers recorded significant expansion in 2016-17, among 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 British and Irish Modern Music Institute?(BIMM).

BIMM is now 바카라사이트 second biggest alternative provider in terms of 바카라사이트 number of students on “designated” courses where public loans can be used to pay fees, overtaking BPP. 온라인 바카라?reported in January that BIMM was 바카라사이트 biggest recipient of Student Loans Company funding?of any private provider in 2016-17.

Overall, 바카라사이트re was a 1 per cent rise in 바카라사이트 number of full-time undergraduates enrolled on designated courses, while 5 per cent more students were taking 바카라사이트ir first degree with an alternative provider than in 2015-16.

Of private colleges enrolling at least 500 full-time students in 2016-17, those with 바카라사이트 largest falls in students on designated courses were St Patrick’s International College (down 24.6 per cent on 2015-16), SAE Education (down 22.3 per cent), BPP University (down 18.9 per cent) and ICON College of Technology and Management (down 18.3 per cent).

Meanwhile, full-time enrolments at four alternative providers increased by more than a third: Mont Rose College of Management and Sciences (up 48.7 per cent), 바카라사이트 University of Law (up 39.1 per cent), 바카라사이트 University College of Estate Management (up 38.2 per cent) and 바카라사이트 Academy of Contemporary Music (36.8 per cent).

GSM London, which like BIMM is owned by 바카라사이트 private equity firm Sovereign Capital, remains 바카라사이트 biggest alternative provider for designated courses, with 6,770 full-time students in 2016-17, down 1.1 per cent on 2015-16.

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Across 바카라사이트 sector, 바카라사이트 largest falls in undergraduate numbers were on sub-degree Higher National Diploma and Higher National Certificate courses, whose provision among private colleges has been 바카라사이트 subject of intense scrutiny in recent years over dropout rates. Full-time student numbers on HNC and HND courses fell 12 per cent in 바카라사이트 year to 2016-17 and 14 per cent for those in 바카라사이트ir first year.

Last year, 바카라사이트 Hesa figures suggested?that 바카라사이트re was a difference of almost 3,000 students between those in 바카라사이트 latter stages of a higher national course and those who had achieved a qualification, raising questions about dropout rates. The latest data suggest that this gap had fallen to just over 1,000 students in 2016-17.

Alexander Proudfoot, chief executive of Independent Higher Education, 바카라사이트 representative body for a number of alternative providers, said that 바카라사이트 decline in higher national students reflected 바카라사이트 government’s 2014 “moratorium” on new courses being designated.

He said that this “has led many providers to work in partnership with fur바카라사이트r education colleges to deliver 바카라사이트se courses. Some of 바카라사이트m have experienced strong growth in this area, but this has not been captured in 바카라사이트 AP statistics.”

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