Are two-year degrees a good idea?

Government unveils fast-track plan in effort to bring 'flexibility and choice' to higher education

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UK university students will be able to enrol on "fast-track" two-year undergraduate degrees under new plans the government says will bring "flexibility and choice" into higher education.

Encouraging more universities to offer two-year degrees was a Tory manifesto pledge, but uptake has been slow because tuition fees are currently capped at £9,000 a year, The Guardian reports.

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