The number of undergraduates gaining “foundation” degrees soared by almost a third last year, it was revealed.
Figures showed 24,865 students completed a short degree course in 2010 compared with 18,850 in 2009 and just 9,275 five years ago.
The disclosure suggests that students are increasingly seeing foundation degrees – which take two years to complete and combine academic study with work-based tuition – as a cheaper alternative to traditional undergraduate courses.
Many students also favour them because they can often lead directly to a job.
It follows claims from David Willets, the Universities Minister, that growing numbers of young people should seek alternatives to...
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