The government is set to decide whether to make BPP a university, creating the UK’s second for-profit institution with the title, just as its US parent company faces “adverse impact” from a sanction against one of its other institutions.
A new Government analysis reveals that 160,000 students were enrolled at some 674 privately-funded institutions last year, far higher than previous estimates.
David Willetts should be lauded for his support for the expansion of private higher education in Britain, which is providing students with greater choice and flexibility in how and where they study. At the same time, rigorous new standards mean that, regardless of where they study, the common denominator will always be, as he says, “top quality higher education”.