Call for evidence outcome

Accelerated courses and switching university or degree: call for evidence

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
• Published: 16 May 2016
• Last updated: 20 December 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

This call for evidence has closed

Read the full outcome

Findings from the call for evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree

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Detail of outcome

The findings of the call for evidence set out the need for greater flexible learning opportunities. There will be no further government response to this consultation.

This statement summarises the findings of the call for evidence.

We’ve also published research reports on:

• accelerated degrees in higher education
• credit transfer in higher education

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Original call for evidence

Summary

We’re interested in how switching university or degree course can be made easier, and how we can have more accelerated degrees.

This call for evidence ran from
11am on 16 May 2016 to 11:45pm on 19 July 2016

Call for evidence description

We want to gauge demand from students for more switching between universities and degree courses. We also want to know more about demand for accelerated degrees. We are interested in getting a better understanding of the barriers that currently prevent both types of more flexible approach from working effectively.

We welcome responses from across the higher education sector, including universities, student bodies, and especially students responding as individuals.

Documents

Accelerated courses and switching university or degree: call for evidence

Ref: BIS/16/263

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Published 16 May 2016
Last updated 20 December 2016 + show all updates

1. 20 December 2016

   Added the findings from the call for evidence.

2. 16 May 2016

   First published.