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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Davies

No, Rishi Sunak, ‘rip-off’ degree courses aren’t the problem – failed education policy is

Rishi Sunak at Mulberry School for Girls in east London, having announced plans to cap the number of students on ‘poor quality’ university degree courses, 17 July 2023
Rishi Sunak at Mulberry School for Girls in east London, having announced plans to cap the number of students on ‘poor quality’ university degree courses, 17 July 2023. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/PA

The UK has some of the world’s leading toll bridges. But a minority of toll bridges fail to deliver good outcomes for their drivers. Figures show that nearly three in 10 drivers have still not reached their destination within an hour of crossing a toll bridge. The government will crack down on these rip-off toll bridges, reducing the number of drivers they can carry.

If a minister made an announcement of this kind, you would wonder if they had lost their mind. But higher education policy has become so overloaded with fallacious economic and cultural reasoning over recent years that we scarcely register the full absurdity of Rishi Sunak’s announcement this week that his government would crack down on “rip-off” university degrees.

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