'The current system would rather our young people get a degree in Harry Potter studies than an apprenticeship in construction,' Andrea Jenkyns claims at Conservative conference
– the fifth Education Secretary to hold the position in a single year – to slim down the number of university courses that “lead nowhere”.
Last week, the Department for Education announced that universities will now be subject to minimum retention thresholds for the proportion of students who continue on their course. A DfE spokesperson said the move was part of “a bid to clamp down on universities recruiting students onto poor-quality degrees that lead to nowhere.”
The MP for Morley and Outwood said new legal protections would ensure universities would be places “that people go to to have their views challenged” rather than being “cancelled”.
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