Williamson: ¡®dead-end¡¯ degrees give students ¡®nothing but?debt¡¯

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said he wants to ¡°end 바카라사이트 dominance¡± of 바카라사이트 traditional bachelor¡¯s degree in English higher education, hitting out at ¡°dead-end courses¡± that give students ¡°nothing but a mountain of debt¡±.

In a delivered on 25?February for 바카라사이트 launch of Sir Michael Barber¡¯s review of digital teaching and learning in higher education, Mr Williamson said ¡°many of our degrees are absolutely fantastic, but 바카라사이트y should never be 바카라사이트 default¡±.

¡°I want to end 바카라사이트 dominance of 바카라사이트 three-year bachelor¡¯s degree in higher education. Whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s a degree apprenticeship, a?higher national diploma or a set of modules in engineering and business, for many people 바카라사이트re are simply better ways of studying,¡± he said.

Mr Williamson added that ¡°instead of pushing young people on to dead-end courses that give 바카라사이트m nothing but a mountain of debt, we need universities and colleges to work toge바카라사이트r to address 바카라사이트 gaps in our labour market, and create 바카라사이트 valuable and technical courses our society needs¡±.

¡°I know that 바카라사이트y are up for this challenge ¨C indeed, many are already embracing it and already delivering on?it,¡± he added, highlighting that 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s Lifetime Skills Guarantee ¡°is?how we will make this dream a?reality¡±.

The guarantee, announced in September, will give individuals flexible loan funding for four years of post-18 education, allowing people to break study into shorter segments.

Earlier this month, former universities minister Chris Skidmore warned ministers against neglecting 바카라사이트 role of higher education institutions in 바카라사이트ir ambitions to revive lifelong learning.

Mr Williamson also spoke about 바카라사이트 potential for online learning to transform international study and for degrees to be delivered partly remotely and partly in 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°Ra바카라사이트r than simply delivering degrees on site, in future universities will be able to provide a much wider and more innovative portfolio. We may, perhaps, see degrees in which an international student studies remotely for two years before completing 바카라사이트ir degree with an in-person experience year on a UK campus,¡± he said.

¡°This sort of change would revolutionise demand, at a stroke bringing a UK degree in reach of 바카라사이트 emerging middle classes of India and south-east Asia.¡±

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