Rishi Sunak vowed to ‘curb’ degrees that the government has deemed ‘rip-off degrees.’
Writing in the Daily Mail, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said that, while some British universities are ‘leading the way in getting young people ready for valuable careers’, it is not the case everywhere.
‘There are too many universities offering poor courses that don’t help people get well-paid jobs or offer skills that are needed in the real world,’ she added.
‘Three years at university is a huge commitment and a significant financial investment for anyone to take on. So it’s not fair if students are saddled with a degree that’s not worth the paper it’s written on. These courses aren’t just a waste of time and money for students – they’re costly for the taxpayer, too.’
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: ‘Too many young people are being sold a false dream and end up doing a poor-quality course at the taxpayers’ expense that doesn’t offer the prospect of a decent job at the end of it. That is why we are taking action to crack down on rip-off university courses, while boosting skills training and apprenticeships provision.
‘This will help more young people to choose the path that is right to help them reach their potential and grow our economy.’
GB News ‘rip-off’ degrees
In response to the government clamping down on the government’s announcement, GB News pundit listied the degress she said were: “All of those degrees are useless and it’s right to limit places.”
She listed the following…
Art history
Gender studies
Liberal arts
Communications
Fine art
Travel and tourism
Child and family studies
Video game studies
Library science
Photography
Creative writing
She then tweeted: “How is forcing unis to scrap Mickey Mouse degrees classist? It’s mostly the middle class, bank of mum and dad just stop oil types studying gender studies or fine art Why should the lads in my area that are tradesmen – pay for just stop oils waste of time degrees?”
One person responded with: “If you can’t see that it is classist because you’ve even written in your tweet the claim that the courses are accessed by the only the Middles classes. thereby by exposing your hostility towards the Middle classes. So if your attacking the the Middle classes you are being classist!”
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