UK universities offer best value for world’s students

UK
graduates get the best return on their investment in a university education,
according to a new report.

The
study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development looked at
the lifetime rate of return on the cost of taking a degree around the world.

UK
students have an annual return of 17 per cent compared to 10-15 per cent in
Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Sweden and the US, and 7 per cent in Italy
and Japan.

But
the report also finds that the UK’s secondary schools have fallen behind the
standards of most of its global rivals.

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The
study suggests that this dichotomy is creating a two-tier jobs market between
the highly skilled and the unskilled.

By Ross Wigham