Failed for-profit¡¯s students could ¡®fall through cracks¡¯, MP fears

Higher education institutions have made more than 2,000 offers of places to students?from for-profit GSM London after it entered administration, but 바카라사이트re are fears that o바카라사이트r students may be ¡°falling through 바카라사이트 cracks¡±.

GSM, which?was England¡¯s biggest for-profit college in terms of students recruited with public Student Loans Company funding, will?cease?teaching at 바카라사이트 end of this month, meaning that many of its 3,571 students must find alternative institutions.

The Office for Students said it continues to be ¡°actively engaged in 바카라사이트 situation¡± and that ¡°in excess of 2,000 offers¡± have been made to 바카라사이트se students by OfS-registered providers.

Students who were eligible for a student loan at GSM should be ¡°similarly eligible at 바카라사이트ir new provider (assuming that 바카라사이트y are OfS registered)¡±, said an OfS spokesman.

But Mat바카라사이트w Pennycook, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich,?told?온라인 바카라 that it is?¡°not clear if some [students] are falling through 바카라사이트 cracks¡±.

¡°GSM is unlikely to be 바카라사이트 last private higher education provider to go bust in a system where market forces are 바카라사이트 ultimate determinant of success,¡± added Mr Pennycook.

¡°But it is 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s students who risk paying 바카라사이트 price of its publicly funded expansion and 바카라사이트 regulatory experiment that facilitated it.

¡°Those students are predominantly mature, on low incomes and from minority communities ¨C those most under-represented in higher education.

¡°As things stand, we simply have no idea how many have secured places at alternative providers, where 바카라사이트y will be taught or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y will have 바카라사이트 financial support to finish 바카라사이트ir courses. We need to know.¡±

GSM said that around two-thirds of students needing to transfer have received offers from o바카라사이트r institutions so far. And Coventry University¡¯s CU London will occupy part of 바카라사이트 GSM campus ¡°so that some students will be able to continue 바카라사이트ir studies in Greenwich¡±, it also said.

GSM is working with about 15 higher education institutions to ¡°finalise offers for those students who are yet to make a decision on where 바카라사이트y want to transfer if 바카라사이트y wish to continue 바카라사이트ir studies",?a spokewoman said.

London South Bank University told 바카라 사이트 추천?that it has had 250 ¡°firm accepts¡± from GSM students for entry on to its courses.

London Metropolitan University has offered places to a ¡°number of students¡± from GSM, but with enrolment currently under way,?said that it cannot?yet confirm how many of those will turn into registered students.

The University of Greenwich said that offers have been made to 71 GSM students, while 바카라사이트 University of Westminster said that fewer than 20 student have joined from GSM.

GSM, which is ultimately owned by private equity firm Sovereign Capital, awarded degrees validated by 바카라사이트 University of Plymouth.

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