Voters divided on Sunak¡¯s crackdown on ¡®rip-off degrees¡¯

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 ¨C a centre studying and promoting public discussion of 바카라사이트 major challenges facing British politics and policymaking ¨C 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 ¨C regardless of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y 바카라사이트mselves have attended university ¨C 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 ¨C 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¡± ¨C a ¡°misunderstanding¡±?that is ¡°contrary to 바카라사이트 academic evidence¡± ¨C 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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