I struggle to see how, from the point of view of ACTUAL STUDENTS, "institutional exits" can be "a feature of a healthy... well-functioning higher education market". It's not like KP discontinuing Brannigans or whatever. These are huge parts of young people's life paths, wrecked by authority figures.
The government has now washed its hands of universities in England. Prospective students and parents should be warned: they are now almost unprotected in the event of a failure, and it's possible doors may close *same day* in case of a collapse.
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Ministers are throwing students to the wolves
On Tuesday the government published its response to the Education Committee’s report on higher education funding and the threat of insolvency.