Anglia Ruskin University has left students in the lurch after cancelling its LPC.
The Chelmsford-based law school emailed students on 31 March telling them that their course, due to start in September, had been axed. But that they shouldn't worry, because their money would still be good at the University's Cambridge campus, 50 miles away down the M11.
Students who live locally said they may now be forced to abandon their dreams of law. "The fees here are cheaper", one told The Lawyer, "and we can live at home without paying much for travel". The nearest provider now is the University of Hertfordshire, which is 40 miles away. And awash with crack-cocaine.
Anglia has cancelled its LPC because of low numbers of students enrolling, like Plymouth University and Oxford Brookes before it. As a result of firms offering fewer and fewer training contracts year-on-year, LPC applications in the UK have dropped 37.5% in four years, from almost 11,000 in 2008/9 to half that in 2012/13. With increasing numbers of students deciding not to gamble upwards of £8,000 for no guarantee of employment, Anglia probably won't be the last.
However, the law school is still holding out hope that the world's most boring cash cow will recover. Head of Anglia Law School Penny English said, "It should be stressed that the LPC is not closing in Chelmsford, it is only suspended for 2014-15. The course will resume provided there is sufficient demand".
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The Chelmsford-based law school emailed students on 31 March telling them that their course, due to start in September, had been axed. But that they shouldn't worry, because their money would still be good at the University's Cambridge campus, 50 miles away down the M11.
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Students who live locally said they may now be forced to abandon their dreams of law. "The fees here are cheaper", one told The Lawyer, "and we can live at home without paying much for travel". The nearest provider now is the University of Hertfordshire, which is 40 miles away. And awash with crack-cocaine.
Anglia has cancelled its LPC because of low numbers of students enrolling, like Plymouth University and Oxford Brookes before it. As a result of firms offering fewer and fewer training contracts year-on-year, LPC applications in the UK have dropped 37.5% in four years, from almost 11,000 in 2008/9 to half that in 2012/13. With increasing numbers of students deciding not to gamble upwards of £8,000 for no guarantee of employment, Anglia probably won't be the last.
However, the law school is still holding out hope that the world's most boring cash cow will recover. Head of Anglia Law School Penny English said, "It should be stressed that the LPC is not closing in Chelmsford, it is only suspended for 2014-15. The course will resume provided there is sufficient demand".
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