Britain lagging in education sector growth

Although British universities and colleges recorded impressive growth in recent years, many other countries are catching up, the report reveals. Thus, while the graduation rates for traditional first degree students in the UK rose from 37% of 20 to 21-year-olds in 2000 to 39% five years later, Britain's place in the league table of more than 20 countries by this measure of educational performance fell from third to 10th.

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