Students in England are going to be offered degrees in two years with a \u00a35,500 saving in tuition fees, says the universities minister Jo Johnson.<\/p>\n
Undergraduate courses will be condensed into “accelerated” degrees, with fees 20% less than a three-year course.<\/p>\n
Mr Johnson said he wants to “break the mould” of a system in which three-year degrees have “crowded out” any more flexible ways of studying.<\/p>\n
The Office for Fair Access says the plan could help to widen opportunities.<\/p>\n
The idea of a two-year degree had been proposed earlier this year – but this latest version has moved further towards making it cheaper for students.<\/p>\n
More flexible degrees<\/p>\n
Students would all take the same number of units and have the same amount of teaching and supervision, but it would be delivered in a third of the time.<\/p>\n
As well as reduced tuition fees, students will save on a year’s living costs and will be able to start working a year earlier – a package which Mr Johnson says could cut costs by \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n
It would also be cheaper for the government, which would have lower tuition fee loans to fund, with this fee arrangement intended to be available from autumn 2019.<\/p>\n
It is part of Mr Johnson’s push for more value for money for students – after concerns that students did not think they were getting good value from their tuition fees.<\/p>\n
It comes ahead of a wider review of fees and university funding expected in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n
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