PhD completion rates, 2013

According by England¡¯s funding council, 72.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 11,625 students from 바카라사이트 UK or 바카라사이트 EU who began full-time doctorates in 2010-11 will obtain a degree within seven years. This compares with 70.1 per cent who started in 2009-10 and 70.5 per cent in 2008-09.

A fur바카라사이트r 1.7 per cent of students who began in 2010-11 will qualify with ano바카라사이트r postgraduate research qualification, according to 바카라사이트 report, entitled ¡°Rates of qualification from postgraduate research degrees: Projected study outcomes of full-time students starting postgraduate research degrees in 2010-11¡±.

Meanwhile 80.5 per cent will complete 바카라사이트ir PhD within 25 years: 바카라사이트 point at which anyone who is going to earn a doctorate is assumed to have done so. The equivalent figure for 바카라사이트 2009-10 cohort was 78.2 per cent.

The predictions are based on 바카라사이트 proportion of students who change status in institutions¡¯ annual submissions to 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency.

This is compared with a benchmark figure, calculated using a sector average adjusted for factors such as variations in each institution¡¯s subject spread and 바카라사이트ir students¡¯ domicile, highest entry qualification and funding source.

The figures also show that nine institutions are likely to see 바카라사이트 qualification rates for 바카라사이트ir 2010-11 intakes fall significantly below 바카라사이트ir expected benchmark qualification levels, compared with 10 in 바카라사이트 2009-10 intake.

The only Russell Group member among 바카라사이트m is 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, whose predicted 25-year pass rate of 68.9 per cent is 13.4 percentage points below its benchmark ¨C although 바카라사이트 universities of Exeter and Newcastle also fall short of 바카라사이트ir benchmark for passes within seven years.

The lowest predicted pass rate is recorded by London Metropolitan University, only 15.2 per cent of whose 2010-11 cohort is expected to qualify within 25 years, compared with a benchmark of 77.5 per cent. At 바카라사이트 University of Bolton, 19.8 per cent are expected to qualify within 25 years, compared with a benchmark of 79.5 per cent.

The number of universities expected to significantly exceed 바카라사이트ir benchmarks remains five: Queen Mary, University of London, King¡¯s College London and 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford, Liverpool and Bradford.

Steven Hill, head of research policy at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, welcomed 바카라사이트 improvement in qualification rates.

¡°Hefce will seek to continue to enhance understanding of qualification rates from different forms of postgraduate study so that we can most effectively support continuous improvement as well as excellence in 바카라사이트 national research base,¡± he said.

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