Students from some of Britain’s lowest-ranked universities stand just a one-in-five chance of finding a good job after graduating, figures have revealed.
As few as 20 per cent of students in England completing undergraduate courses at a cost of nearly £28,000 achieved a ‘highly skilled’ full-time post within 15 months, according to data.
The information has been published by the Government’s Discover Uni site, where people can search for details such as student satisfaction and graduate outcomes.
The lack of prospects offered by courses at universities ranked among the UK’s worst comes despite high wages for their Vice Chancellors, some of whom earn almost double the Prime Minister’s salary.
Iain Mansfield, research director at the Policy Exchange think-tank, said: ‘Universities receive over £10billion a year of public funding and many vice-chancellors are paid handsomely. There is no reason why taxpayers should be forced to fund low-value courses which leave students with nothing but a lifetime of debt.’
At some Scottish institutions figures were even lower. The Mail’s research comes days after the Government criticised ‘rip-off’ degrees. One of the worst performers was Bolton University’s BA (hons) in Creative Writing, with 40 per cent of students working 15 months after graduation and only half of those in highly-skilled jobs – equivalent to 20 per cent of all course graduates.
