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    Two-year degree plan to cut cost of tuition fees

    Students in England are being promised the option of "accelerated" two-year degree courses, saving 20% on tuition fees compared with a three-year course.

    Universities Minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed plans for universities to be able to charge higher fees for shorter, more intensive courses.

    It would mean paying about £5,500 less than for a three-year course - which would mean about £11,000 per year.

    But raising annual fees above £9,250 would require Parliamentary approval.

    The government wants to encourage more flexible ways of studying - in particular as a way of reversing the decline in the numbers of mature students taking degrees.

    Two-year degree plan to cut cost of tuition fees - BBC News

    Great move, although why not make it even bolder - 1 year degrees, saves even more money, edukation is overrated anyway because after Brexit the most of job demand will come from strawberry picking and jam packing.

    #2
    Or just study for free in Denmark, Scotland, Holland, or Germany.... It's the EU way.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #3
      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
      Or just study for free in Denmark, Scotland, Holland, or Germany.... It's the EU way.
      If you have a UK passport, you can only study in Scotland for free if you've been resident there for at least 3 years. Years as a student don't count towards residency.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #4
        Degrees don't need 3 years to complete, doing them in 2 is fine. It's the whole preparation for life thing for those living away that takes the extra time. Now that degrees aren't free, though, that 2 years in 3 years is seen as spending £27k to get the degree rather than £18k. Offer the two paces perhaps, with those electing to live at home benefiting from a two-year degree with not having to adjust must from attending college and having a similar routine to the previous two years. Oh and chop university admissions by 60% to stop degree devaluation.
        The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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          #5
          I'm employing a engineering graduate. One has a 2-year degree the other 3 years of study. You think employers won't discriminate? I would.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
            I'm employing a engineering graduate. One has a 2-year degree the other 3 years of study. You think employers won't discriminate? I would.
            Probably, but that is because you are spectacularly dim.

            HTH

            “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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              #7
              Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
              Probably, but that is because you are spectacularly dim.

              HTH

              Do you have a Uni level degree yourself, Sarg?

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                #8
                Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                I'm employing a engineering graduate. One has a 2-year degree the other 3 years of study. You think employers won't discriminate? I would.
                There we go, there's your first mistake. They don't need three years to do the work involved in getting a degree. I'd rather go for the one that can get the work done in two-thirds of the time it takes the other one to do the same thing. Don't tell me you were suggesting otherwise?
                The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                  #9
                  Time required to complete a degree should be down to the individual. Now there are some online only degrees one could potentially complete it in a matter of months if they spent all their time and effort on it rather than the typical uni student lifestyle where attending lectures is seen as a bit of an inconvenience.

                  Accelerated learning for those capable.

                  Of course, they can't coin in the same level of fees so this will be a specialised option for now.
                  Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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                    #10
                    Soviet Unis were 5 years, more for medicine

                    Yet, my degree from there is only deemed equvalent to BA

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