Wrong Incentives for British Doctoral Programs?

Hive-Worcester

A university with one of the worst Ph.D. completion rates in Britain has admitted that some of its candidates are not suitable for doctoral study – particularly international students who lack an adequate level of written English.

The University of Derby, which began offering doctorates in 1992, was one of 10 institutions contacted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England last summer and asked to explain why...more...

Times Higher Education