‘Fast-track degrees’ would damage UK’s reputation

  • June 1, 2010
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    • two-year degree
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The University and College Union has rejected plans for fast-track two-year degrees, claiming they would put too much pressure on staff and damage the reputation of UK degrees

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The union’s annual conference voted against their introduction, with delegates arguing they would increase the workload considerably. Squeezing a three-year degree into a two-year timeframe was said to have a potentially ‘devastating impact’ on students’ experiences and quality of education.

The Union’s General Secretary, Sally Hunt, claimed that such plans were simply ‘cheap education’, restricting vital research time and becoming too ‘teacher-intensive’:

"Cuts, such as the savage ones currently planned, will have consequences.

"I fail to see the logic of piling 'em high and teaching 'em cheap in a two-tier system designed purely to mask the failings of the government to properly fund higher education."

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