英大学学费上涨导致课程削减

时间：2012-12-08 08:50:55

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Nearly one in five degree courses has been scrapped1 since the tripling of tuition fees to £9,000-a-year, it has been revealed.

据透露，自从英国大学学费上涨到原来的三倍，达到一年9000英镑，已有近五分之一的学位课程被削减掉。
 
Universities are concentrating on popular subjects and dropping courses that have too few applicants2 or are too expensive to run.
 
Official figures show acull of more than 2,600 in the number of courses available to applicants planning to start their degrees in 2013.
 
More than 5,200 courses had already been removed for students beginning this year - the first cohort（一群） to face the higher fees.
 
Universities dumped some of the courses even after prospectuses3（说明书） went online earlier this year and in some cases after applications began, according to reports yesterday.
 
News of the closures come as UCAS figures published last week showed that the number of students in England applying for university places in 2013 has plunged4 by almost 10 percent already.
 
Numbers of EU and non-EU students applicants have also dropped.
 
The scrapped courses range from archeology at Birmingham to languages at Salford and London Metropolitan5.
 
Birmingham had announced six weeks ago that single honours archeology would no longer be offered because 'it has proved unable to attract sufficient applicants of the appropriate quality'.
 
The number of courses listed by UCAS has fallen from 43,360 to 35,501 in two years.
 
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, said: 'The UK's global academic reputation is built on the broad range of subjects.
 
'While government rhetoric6 is about students as consumers, the choices have narrowed.'

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1 scrapped c056f581043fe275b02d9e1269f11d62     
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架
参考例句：
  • This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
  • It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
2 applicants aaea8e805a118b90e86f7044ecfb6d59     
申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
  • He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
3 prospectuses 5beb00cf61a6603752bc574584744c9b     
n.章程，简章，简介( prospectus的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Forms and prospectuses will be available at53 bank branches. 申请表和招股书可于五十三家银行分行索取。 来自互联网
  • Galaxy Yintai fiscal dividend securities investment funds to update placement prospectuses. 银河银泰理财分红证券投资基金更新招募说明书。 来自互联网
4 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
5 metropolitan mCyxZ     
adj.大城市的，大都会的
参考例句：
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
6 rhetoric FCnzz     
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
参考例句：
  • Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
  • Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

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