The drop-out rates have also divided lecturers and university chiefs, with the AssociationofUniversityTeachers describing the highest drop-out rates as "astronomical" and a waste of public funds.
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The AssociationofUniversityTeachers (AUT) believes that cuts being considered by the school of medicine at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London will damage the quality of teaching.