Universities are luring thousands of students on to courses that do nothing to improve their life prospects, a minister warned yesterday. But the universities minister claimed some of the courses were proving useless in the real world. ‘But today I want to send a strong message – that social mobility isn’t about getting more people into university. ‘And too many universities have felt pressured to dumb down – either when admitting students, or in the standards of their courses. She told the online Neon summit on social mobility: ‘We need to end the system of arbitrary targets that are not focused on the individual student’s needs and goals.

Source: Daily Mail July 01, 2020 22:05 UTC