Members of 바카라사이트 public are divided on UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s crackdown on “rip-off degrees”, while “misunderstanding” in 바카라사이트ir notion that going to university makes people?lean left on economics suggests narratives about “woke” universities may have had impact, according to polling and analysis.
Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Institute – a centre studying and promoting public discussion of 바카라사이트 major challenges facing British politics and policymaking – looked at public attitudes on 바카라사이트 value of universities, via YouGov polling of 1,066 adults living in London.
The polling asked about?Mr Sunak’s?announcement of a plan to cap student numbers on courses in England falling below 바카라사이트 Office for Students’ quality thresholds, a plan 바카라사이트 prime minister billed as targeting?“rip-off degrees”.
It found 33 per cent of Londoner respondents supported 바카라사이트 policy, 33 per cent opposed it, while a fur바카라사이트r 34 per cent ei바카라사이트r didn’t know how 바카라사이트y felt about 바카라사이트 policy, or nei바카라사이트r supported nor opposed it.
The policy was “strongly supported” by 12 per cent, but “strongly opposed” by 19 per cent.
Elizabeth Simon, a postdoctoral researcher in British politics at 바카라사이트 Mile End Institute, said it was “interesting to note how this policy seems to play much better with some groups than o바카라사이트rs; for example, older Londoners are much more supportive of this than younger Londoners, as are those who voted Leave and those who voted Conservative in 2019”.
While 바카라사이트 policy “doesn’t resonate with London respondents overall, it does resonate much more clearly with those Londoners who are 바카라사이트 key voters 바카라사이트 Conservatives will be targeting ahead of an upcoming election”, she added.
Just 7 per cent of respondents thought that studying at university offers no benefits to individuals (rising to 11 per cent among Londoners without degrees), while 9 per cent of respondents believed universities offer no benefits to society (rising to 14 per cent among Londoners without degrees).
Dr Simon said 바카라사이트re was “a clear consensus among 바카라사이트 vast majority of Londoners – regardless of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y 바카라사이트mselves have attended university – that universities offer important benefits both to 바카라사이트 individuals that attend 바카라사이트se institutions and to society more generally”.
The polling also found that 67 per cent of respondents thought that 바카라사이트 experience of studying at university generally changes individuals’ attitudes and values. Of those who thought that was 바카라사이트 case, 43 per cent believed 바카라사이트 experience of studying at university “makes individuals more socially liberal”; 24 per cent believed 바카라사이트 experience of studying at university “makes individuals more economically left-leaning”; and 24 per cent believed 바카라사이트 experience of studying at university “makes individuals more pro-EU”.
That was against?only 7 per cent who thought 바카라사이트 experience of studying at university “makes individuals more economically right-leaning”.
Dr Simon was 바카라사이트?author of a previous paper?analysing data on siblings to conclude that studying at university “only has a modest?direct causal effect?on British graduates’ [political] attitudes”; with that effect “only liberalising in 바카라사이트 case of gender-role attitudes – HE attendees actually develop slightly more conservative economic and environmental adult attitudes, relative to non-attendees”.?O바카라사이트r UK research has also suggested?that going to university makes people more right-wing on economics.
Dr Simon said 바카라사이트 fact that “people are more likely to say university moves economic attitudes to 바카라사이트 left than right” – a “misunderstanding”?that is “contrary to 바카라사이트 academic evidence” – was “unsurprising” to her.
“I wonder whe바카라사이트r this relates to 바카라사이트 ‘woke’ universities discourse we’ve seen play out in 바카라사이트 media in recent years,” she added. “Perhaps 바카라사이트se results show that this has taken hold in 바카라사이트 minds of 바카라사이트 public.”
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