I finished an undergraduate degree in 1980, when there were around 25000 undergraduates [1] p13/14. Now there are at least 10 times that many. Inevitably, the s

I finished an undergraduate degree in 1980, when there were around 25000 undergraduates [1] p13/14. Now there are at least 10 times that many. Inevitably, the system has had to change to reflect that increase in volume within the span of a single career - quite a lot of change. Not sure where the answer lies, but an increasingly large proportion of my teenager students are opting not to go to university directly at 18, so there could be a 'correction' on the way over the next generation or so. [1] http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04252/SN04252.pdf http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN042...