Consultation outcome

Accelerated courses and switching university or degree: call for evidence

Published 16 May 2016
Last updated 20 December 2016 — see all updates

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education

• Applies to: England, Northern Ireland, and Wales

This consultation has concluded

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.

Feedback received

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

Published: 20 December 2016 PDF, 122KB, 3 pages

Detail of feedback received

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

Original consultation

Summary

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

This consultation ran from
11am on 16 May 2016 to 11:45pm on 19 July 2016

Consultation 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 PDF, 344KB, 24 pages

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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.