Is Private Sector Higher Education the answer to UK University overcrowding?
Private sector educators who offer UK university qualifications using off-campus learning methods may take up the shortfall in higher education places this September. These organisations provide identical degrees to UK universities but through online learning models that attract the ‘Facebook generation’. A lack of university places With the government capping the number of extra university places available for the coming academic year despite heightened demand, an increasing number of students will turn to private sector specialists who offer viable study pathways, as fierce competition for places on traditional degree courses forces them away from traditional, campus-based universities. Recent ‘snapshot’ statistics from the Universities Central Admissions System (UCAS) show that applications for UK university places are surging, with an 8.8% rise on 2008. Many of the applicants are young people who cannot find a job in the recession, and the numbers are also bolstered by a rise in ol
