Tricks of the trade 1

May 30, 2003

Even the most rightwing, business-serving government would surely not consider paying companies to relabel their in-house training as university degree programmes, as the Council for Industry and Higher Education proposes ("Business wants taxpayer to underwrite costs of bespoke foundation degrees", THES , May 23).

The proposal seems inconsistent with CIHE's website statement that UK higher education is efficient, effective and responsive to changing needs but seriously underfunded. It is more like a cynical ploy to help government reach its 50 per cent access target by 2010, diverting money from higher education in the process.

Catherine Fritz
University of Hull

Register to continue

Why register?

  • Registration is free and only takes a moment
  • Once registered, you can read 3 articles a month
  • Sign up for our newsletter
Register
Please Login or Register to read this article.

Sponsored