Universities have experienced a big drop in part-time students. R. Gino Santa Maria/www.shutterstock.com February 10, 2016 Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too John Butcher, The Open University Part-time students are some of the most disadvantaged – universities need money to help them.
The number of part-time students has dropped off a cliff. Studying at night via Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/www.shutterstock.com October 23, 2015 Part-time students feel squeezed out by universities obsessed with teenagers John Butcher, The Open University The number of part-time students has dropped dramatically and even those who get to university feel side-lined.
Part-time student enrolments have massively fallen across the UK. unonottingham January 19, 2015 Enrolments slide further for ‘forgotten’ part-time undergraduates Steven Jones, University of Manchester We were told that the 2012 changes to England’s student funding system would boost the number of part-time students at university. But new data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency confirm…