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Consumer Champion is currently in college - and academics are concerned about

is well known for its advice on consumer rights and how to get the best value when buying a washing machine. Now

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magazine is planning for the first time in its 54 year history, an authoritative guide to British universities.

comparative information on the location, quality of teaching and research quality will always be an academic, but also offer advice on whether a student in a course at a particular institution, "to the end in the best position to get a job to be useful, "said Jenny Allen, What?

head of public services.

The movement came as prospective students to pay up to $ 27,000 for undergraduate courses of three years, making the choice of college (or university not all) in one of the largest financial decisions many people make in their lives.

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had seen the careers services in schools were under financial pressure and there was now a gap in the market for reliable advice. "What we are well aware that people spend - borrow or -. For a sum of £ 27,000, and are certainly thinking about what the benefit will be the end of it, and the experience Yes, people want to go to college to get an excellent education and life experience but also want a form of insurance at the end of it will be better able to get a job so worthwhile. "

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is supported by the Minister of Universities, David Willetts, the launch of the guide when in September 2012. Allen said the nonprofit publisher, who offered advice to consumers since 1957, also studied other parts of the public sector are more markets.

"The catalyst was spending," he said. "But it's all in the context of us to make a decision as an organization it is possible for us to play a role in helping people to decide between public services - such as educational institutions, such the GPS - where perhaps we have not done before, because of the growing choice of suppliers. This is what we study. "

"It is much more subtle than buying a car," he said. "You can see details and compare vehicles. But there are more complications in choosing a degree, and must be the active participant in the process. I also believe that part of the argument What
be involved is the idea - and it is the central idea of ??capitalism - if you have perfect information to people in a market that will be able to make perfect decisions, which is a fallacy the context of higher education. We have a lot of education that is on the merits and demerits of tuition and institutions and does not contribute to inform decision-making. "