Lower standards,as a result of reforms, will harm UK’s reputation, and says main academicA government adviser and crossbench peer has warned there could be an “American-style catastrophe in English higher education if ministers push ahead with plans to expand opportunities for private providers to become universities.
Alison Wolf,professor of public sector management at King’s College London, said a change to legislation could damage the UK’s reputation for higher education and leave students at risk of using student loans to buy worthless degrees.
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Source: theguardian.com