Many foundation year students ‘not getting degree they were promised’
Many foundation year courses are “not doing justice to students” who are failing to get the degree they were promised, a think tank has suggested.
Foundation years – which are one-year courses designed to prepare students for degree-level study – have “grown explosively” over the past decade, a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) think tank has found.
More than 69,000 UK-domiciled students entered foundation years at higher education institutions in England in 2021/22, compared to nearly 8,500 in 2011/12, Government figures suggest.
Universities shouldn’t be running these courses unless they can be confident they can properly support every single student
Josh Freeman,
