Undergraduate Courses Decline in Britain

The number of full-time undergraduate-level courses offered in Britain has decreased 27 percent during the past six years, according to a new report

The number of courses dropped to 51,116 in 2012 from 70,052 in 2006, according to the report, which was released last month and compiled using admission data by the University and College Union, a major organization of college and university professors, lecturers and academic staff.

Even in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, “the availability of courses has shrunk and is shrinking,” said Simon Renton, vice president of the union and a lecturer at University College London.

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