Private Higher Education in the United Kingdom: Myths and Realities

Authors

  • Steve Woofield

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5523

Keywords:

Private higher education, UK, Quality, Regulation

Abstract

Private providers are becoming more visible in an increasingly heterogeneous UK higher education landscape. Policy changes in England have stimulated rapid enrolment growth in the private sector, and the government is currently facing the challenge of regulating and ensuring quality in this dynamic and complex part of the HE sector in the absence appropriate primary legislation. Currently very little is known about the UK’s ‘alternative’ HE providers and many myths surround this part of the sector that do not reflect reality.

Author Biography

Steve Woofield

Steve Woodfield is a senior researcher, Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Kingston University London

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Published

2014-05-12

How to Cite

Woofield, S. (2014). Private Higher Education in the United Kingdom: Myths and Realities. International Higher Education, (76), 11–12. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5523

Issue

No. 76: Summer 2014

Section

Private Higher Education

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