The Westminster government is expected to cap student numbers in England using outcomes measures currently under development, which include the proportion of graduates going into “managerial or professional employment”, and to introduce a minimum entry requirement set at two E grades at A level.
The government is currently working on a response to its consultation, which closed on 6 May, on policy measures aiming to tackle its concerns over “low value” university degrees.
Ministers aim to announce decisions before Parliament goes into recess on 21 July, sector sources suggested.
