UK University drop-out rates 2009-2010
- Scotland: 9.4% – up from 9.3% in 2008-09
- Wales: 9% – up from 7.4%
- England: 8.4% – up from 7.8%
- Northern Ireland: 8.3% – down from 9%
- UK: 8.6% – up from 7.9%
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Overall the trend is a rise in the number of students that drop-out. The economy and tuition fee are most likely not helping.
A lot of students struggle financially and if their parents are in financial difficulties it can lead to them dropping out.
Drop-outs are always at the top of our agenda and something everyone looks at with a great deal of concern.
Prof John Hughes, Higher Education Wales chair and Bangor University vice-chancellor
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