Uni courses 'could incorporate medical sales jobs'

Higher education courses could soon incorporate experience in the workplace, a new report suggests.

According to Universities UK, one of the three potential routes that the university sector could follow in the coming years would involve a closer relationship between recruiters and the students who could become their staff.

Such a structure could see people working in medical sales jobs for half of the time, while undertaking part-time courses at a higher education institution.

Another possible future for the industry could see private institutions cherry picking courses with lower entry costs and gaining the power to award degrees.

However, if neither of these futures materialises, universities could find themselves floundering and possibly failing due to funding shortfalls, the body warned.

Nigel Brown, an author of the report, described the document as a "wake-up call".

Speaking to the Guardian, he said: "This is the challenge they need to respond to decisively and urgently."

Business funding for universities has increased in the past year, according to a new report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

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Filed: 10-07-2008