UK slipping down graduate league

The UK is slipping behind its international rivals in the number of graduates, according to a report.

Between 2000 and 2008, it fell from third highest to fifteenth among top industrialised nations for the proportion of young people graduating. The UK now trails higher education systems in Poland, Iceland, Portugal and Slovakia. This means it is not a good time to cut investment in university, says the report from the OECD... read more

BBC
September 10