Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced plans to cap the number of students who choose a degree course with limited career prospects
In the UK, young people continue to be attracted to training and careers in the creative arts, despite the economic difficulties facing the sector. The British government is concerned that these future graduates will drive up the unemployment rate.
That's why the Conservative Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced plans to cap the number of students who choose a degree course with limited career prospects. Caps will be placed on courses that do not result in a high proportion of graduates securing a professional job on completion of their studies, pursuing postgraduate study or setting up their own business, according to the Guardian. The UK government claims that this is simply a deterrent, intended to act as a "red flag to students" considering a move into a saturated subject field. "Too many young people are being sold a false dream and end up doing a poor-quality course at the taxpayers’ expense that doesn’t offer the prospect of a decent job at the end of it," Rishi Sunak said in a statement.