DASH AND GRAD
Fast-track two-year degrees plan to save students £18K Son’s Labour bid to succeed tragic dad
THREE-year degrees could be on the way out as students struggle to make ends meet.
Plans are being drawn up to offer fast-track, two-year courses instead, leaving graduates with £18,000 less debt.
The accelerated degrees are already available in some subjects, but ministers are now looking to bring them in across the board. They say it would save on tuition fees and up to £12,500 living costs.
And graduates could get a job sooner, earning an average £19,000. Universities minister Jo Johnson said: “We’ve been stuck in a pattern of the traditional three years’ study regardless of subject.
“We need the sector to seize the opportunity.” He will launch a consultation today to see how the THE son of tragic Welsh Cabinet minister Carl Sergeant is hoping to take over his father’s old seat.
Engineer Jack Sergeant, 23, is bidding to be Labour candidate at the Alyn and Deeside by-election for a new Assembly member in February.
He said: “I want to make a difference like my Dad did.”
Married father-of-two Carl, 49, was found hanged on November 7, four days system might work. Of 1.5 million new students each year, 2,500 are on fast-track degrees – mostly in law, accountancy and journalism.
They cost 20 per cent more a year because of the extra teaching hours and use of facilities needed.
But Mr Johnson says that still works out £5,500 cheaper in tuition costs alone. He said: “The benefits could not be clearer.” after being sacked as communities secretary over claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women.
He denied any wrongdoing and his family and friends protested he did not know what allegations he was facing.
Jack said: “My dad was a local lad and never lost his roots. That’s why people in Alyn and Deeside loved him and why we loved him. I know how much he cared about his home and the people who live here and I want to carry on his legacy.”