Sunak Vows to Crack Down on University Degrees With Low Outcomes

Sunak Vows to Crack Down on University Degrees With Low Outcomes
Rishi Sunak speaks at a Conservative Party leadership hustings in Eastbourne, England, on August 5, 2022. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Rishi Sunak has vowed to phase out university degrees that do not improve students’ “earning potential,” create a Russell Group of world-class technical colleges and introduce a British Baccalaureate that would prevent 16-year-olds from dropping maths and English.

The Tory leadership hopeful said his plans to reform post-16 education marked “a significant stride towards parity of esteem between vocational and academic education.”