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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams and Aubrey Allegretti

Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees

Graduation ceremony
The new policy will limit student applications in England for the first time since the government scrapped the previous institutional numbers cap in 2015. Photograph: RichardBakerEducation/Alamy

Rishi Sunak will force universities to limit the number of students taking “low-value” degrees in England, a measure which is most likely to hit working class and black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants.

Courses will be capped that do not have a high proportion of graduates getting a professional job, going into postgraduate study or starting a business, the prime minister will announce on Monday.

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