April 2017 - Page 4 of 4 - The Glasgow Guardian



Fast track degrees: a programme for the wealthy?

3rd April 2017

Two-year degrees will undermine both students and staff Selena Drake Writer The Tories’ plan to create new two-year degrees is rash and badly thought out for various reasons. Right off the bat, it serves as an example of yet another scheme that will inadvertently result in the most privileged students being advantaged in the graduate ...


Dropout rate for UK students increases again

3rd April 2017

Austen Shakespeare Reporter New figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that for the second year in a row, dropout rates have increased for students who have only completed their first year of university. Dropout rates for first year students increased from 5.7% in 2012/13, to 6% in 2013/14, and increased further in ...