Leading universities are against government plans to introduce intensive, business-friendly degrees, a Financial Times study has suggested.
Draft proposals outline reforms that would see degrees taught over a 48-week period, with most of learning delivered online or in the workplace.
Some institutions, such as the University of Liverpool, have already started to experiment with the 48-week model, which the government hopes will improve the link between higher education and employers.
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However, universities including Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge are all against the plans, and claim that it would affect research and staff workloads.
A Cambridge spokesman said: “Residence remains core to our degree provision, as does the ability to learn intensively in short terms.”
