Sunak Announces Clamp Down on ‘Rip-Off’ University Degrees

Sunak Announces Clamp Down on ‘Rip-Off’ University Degrees
File photo of graduates attending a graduation ceremony at a UK university, on July 16, 2008. Chris Ison/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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The number of students that can be accepted onto “poor quality” university degrees will be capped, Rishi Sunak has announced.

The move is intended to protect students and taxpayers against “rip-off degree courses” that have high drop-out rates, don’t lead to good jobs, and leave young people with poor pay and high debts, the government said in a statement on Monday.