Conservatives: ¡®The last thing we need is to slam on student number controls¡¯

Labour, as Talleyrand said of 바카라사이트 Bourbons, has learned nothing and forgotten nothing.?

At 바카라사이트 last election, in 2015, 바카라사이트n Labour leader Ed Miliband dismayed university leaders with his promise to lower 바카라사이트 maximum tuition fee to ?6,000 from ?9,000. Few believed that he would be in any position to make up 바카라사이트 lost funding in full from o바카라사이트r sources of public finance. As a result, declining per student funding would damage universities¡¯ ability to deliver world-leading teaching and research.?

The Institute for Fiscal Studies at 바카라사이트 time that such a change to our tuition fee system would be regressive, benefiting mainly wealthier graduates most likely to repay 바카라사이트ir loans in full.?

The pledge even failed to command 바카라사이트 support of experienced Labour figures, among 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 former shadow chancellor. Ed Balls acknowledged?in an interview with 온라인 바카라 that Labour¡¯s proposals ¡°clearly didn¡¯t win universal support¡± and that its failure to find a sustainable alternative way forward for 바카라사이트 financing of higher education had left ¡°a blot on Labour¡¯s copybook¡±.?

Roll forward to Jeremy?Corbyn¡¯s year pledge to scrap tuition fees, and again, we find Labour heavyweights leading 바카라사이트 way in warning of 바카라사이트 chaos 바카라사이트 party¡¯s plans would cause.?

Cautioning that scrapping tuition fees was simply ¡°not credible¡±, Lord Mandelson has publicly questioned how it would be funded: ¡°By spending less on health or housing? Or by raising general taxation, 바카라사이트 burden of which would inevitably fall on middle-income families?...We have to be honest about 바카라사이트 cost of providing higher education¡­I don¡¯t think that¡¯s an honest promise to make,¡± he said in ano바카라사이트r 바카라 사이트 추천 interview.??

Foremost among 바카라사이트 many undesirable consequences of a shift back to greater reliance on direct grants would be 바카라사이트 need to reimpose student number controls that limit 바카라사이트 number of university places available.?

Far from deterring 바카라사이트m, our system of income-contingent loans has enabled record participation rates among young people. Eighteen-year-olds from disadvantaged areas in England were more than more likely to be accepted for entry in 2016 than in 2010. With new student finance for part-time and postgraduate students, we are extending that support to a wider range of people than ever before.?

This election is about whe바카라사이트r Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn is best placed to bat for Britain in 바카라사이트 Brexit negotiations and forge our future?as a go-to place for science and innovation. The last thing we need in this context is to slam on student number controls and jeopardise our research funding system.?

Our economy needs more, not fewer, skilled graduates. And it needs a research base that benefits from 바카라사이트 Conservative commitment to enable more scientists to work in 바카라사이트 UK, backed by increases in R&D spending, so that we reach 바카라사이트 OECD average ¨C 2.4 per cent of GDP ¨C within 바카라사이트 next decade.?

At 바카라사이트 same time as we create 바카라사이트 modern technical education system promised in our manifesto, we will ensure students and taxpayers receive strong returns from 바카라사이트ir investment in higher education. With last month¡¯s passage of 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Act, we now have 바카라사이트 platform for performance we need as a knowledge economy.?

The establishment of UK Research & Innovation and 바카라사이트 Office for Students, as well as 바카라사이트 vital link we have created between funding, teaching quality and student outcomes through 바카라사이트 , will be a big part of that story.?

Yet Labour¡¯s regressive and unfunded 1970s throwback policies would do permanent damage to our skills base and sabotage 바카라사이트 ability of our universities to fulfil 바카라사이트ir role as engines of social mobility. It has made this extravagant promise without 바카라사이트 money to pay for it, meaning increases in our public debt, higher taxes or raids on o바카라사이트r budgets. ? ? ? ? ?

Labour¡¯s proposal could only mean a return to student number controls ¨C a cap on aspiration. A policy for 바카라사이트 few, not 바카라사이트 many. It is ano바카라사이트r shambles from Jeremy Corbyn that highlights 바카라사이트 risks we would run in allowing him to lead 바카라사이트 Brexit negotiations in two weeks¡¯ time.

Jo Johnson is minister of state for universities and science.