One in ten are keen to 交換（する） university: Findings 燃料 恐れるs some students are 押し進めるd の上に wrong courses by teachers and parents

  • Ofsted 報告（する）／憶測 yesterday 警告するd that too many schools are failing to give pupils decent careers advice
  • Vocational training and 見習いの身分制度s were ‘rarely 促進するd 効果的に’, 視察官s said

By Sarah Harris

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One in ten students 悔いるs their choice of university, new 研究 shows.

They are unhappy with undergraduate life and want to 交換（する） 会・原則s or courses まっただ中に the introduction of £9,000-a-year tuition 料金s.

The findings will 燃料再補給する 関心s that some students are 存在 押し進めるd の上に 不適切な courses by their teachers and parents, 主要な to 容認できない 減少（する）-out 率s.

Group of university students outside on campus.

Group of university students outside on campus. AA94A5

They com e as an Ofsted 報告（する）／憶測 yesterday 警告するd that too many schools are failing to give pupils decent careers advice and ignoring 代案／選択肢s to the ‘gold 基準’ A-level and university 大勝する.

Which? University 調査するd 8,053 undergraduates this summer and 設立する that one in four (26 per cent) wished they had done more 研究 into their choice of course and university.

One in ten regretted their choice of university and 11 per cent were sorry they had 選ぶd their course.

Students were more likely to be 不満な with their choice of course the longer they spent on it - 13 per cent of second to fourth year undergraduates compared to nine per cent of first years.

Jenni Allen, 長，率いる of Which? University, said: ‘The academic and extra-curricular experience at university 変化させるs 広範囲にわたって.

‘With 増加するd tuition 料金s, it’s never been more important for 見込みのある students to 重さを計る up all the 選択s and make sure they make the 権利 choice for them.’


‘But with the introduction of more 現実主義の tuition 料金s, students will look much more carefully at where they are going and why they are going to make sure that they are making a good 投資’
- Professor Alan Smithers

人物／姿／数字s 解放（する）d by the Higher Education 統計（学） 機関 in March showed that one in ten students - 7.4 per cent - 減少（する） out of university.

This 代表するs 27,230 students, によれば the 最新の 利用できる 人物／姿／数字s from 2010/11.

An Ofsted 報告（する）／憶測 published yesterday 設立する that pupils are given ‘狭くする’ （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about careers at school and rarely told about courses besides ‘gold 基準’ A-levels.

視察官s said that students need more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） as ‘not everyone wants to do A-levels and go to university’.

Vocational training and 見習いの身分制度s were ‘rarely 促進するd 効果的に’.

The 報告（する）／憶測 said: ‘Too many students were unaware of the wide 範囲 of 占領／職業s and careers that they might consider.’

Professor Alan Smithers

Professor Alan Smithers, above, of Buckingham University, 警告するd students to 計画（する） higher education carefully

Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and 雇用 研究 at Buckingham University, 警告するd students to 計画（する） higher education carefully.

He said: ‘The final year at school is very hectic and you can see why sixth formers will be very happy to get on an course they think they want at a university they think they want to go to.

‘The 誘惑 is to not adequately 研究 the university and the course and where it leads.

These habits grew up when going to university was essentially 解放する／自由な.

‘But with the introduction of more 現実主義の tuition 料金s, students will look much more carefully at where they are going and why they are going to make sure that they are making a good 投資.’

He 追加するd: ‘Students who too hurriedly 調印する up for something are more likely to 減少（する） out and that will waste their time and money.’

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