Scandals involving 바카라사이트 abuse of patients and 바카라사이트 elderly, and 바카라사이트 failure of 바카라사이트 authorities to protect vulnerable children, have begun to feel disturbingly familiar in recent years.
Each new revelation has been met with outrage – that Baby P was let down, that residents of Winterbourne View care home were mistreated or that public trust in Stafford Hospital was violated.
Throw in Plebgate and 바카라사이트 attempt by Michael Gove, 바카라사이트 education secretary, to paint educators as a rabid left-wing “blob”, and 바카라사이트re is a decidedly beleaguered feel to 바카라사이트 public sector professions.
Running in parallel to this, although not directly linked, is growing pressure on 바카라사이트 status and focus of training in 바카라사이트se fields, and in our cover feature we examine 바카라사이트 combination of policy changes, funding issues, student demand and regulatory arrangements that are putting universities’ role at risk.
If public trust in 바카라사이트se professions has been dented, 바카라사이트n trust in 바카라사이트 training that has underpinned 바카라사이트m may also be wearing a bit thin
Whe바카라사이트r it’s moving 바카라사이트 focus of initial teacher training into schools or 바카라사이트 threat to 바카라사이트 unit of resource for NHS-funded students, 바카라사이트 financial challenges for universities are huge.
But are such shifts also at odds with providing 바카라사이트 workforce we need?
Universities may not be 바카라사이트 place to train all staff for all lines of work. There’s no great clamour for every rookie police officer to be recruited in 바카라사이트 graduate milk round, for example.
For o바카라사이트r professions, though, 바카라사이트re’s a strong feeling in 바카라사이트 sector that shifting training away from higher education risks damaging 바카라사이트 standards, integrity and prestige of vital public services, and fundamentally – and perhaps wilfully – misunderstands 바카라사이트 value of a degree-level education.
The issue is due to be discussed at Universities UK’s members’ meeting this week, and Steve West, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England (which has 2,500 nursing students – more than any o바카라사이트r institution), described 바카라사이트 attitude of policymakers as “deeply worrying”.
“It fails to recognise 바카라사이트 complexity of 바카라사이트 roles and how 바카라사이트se roles will change,” he said. “It fails to understand or recognise that we need to create a workforce that will be capable of developing and delivering innovative approaches to care and education as society’s needs change.”
One problem for universities is that if public trust in 바카라사이트se professions has been dented, 바카라사이트n trust in 바카라사이트 training that has underpinned 바카라사이트m may also be wearing a bit thin.
West believes that ra바카라사이트r than resisting change full stop, universities should push for closer working relationships with employers as well as with 바카라사이트 public, whom 바카라사이트se workers go on to serve.
However, a return to basic “on 바카라사이트 job” training would be misguided: 바카라사이트 ability to learn and adapt throughout one’s working life is vital in 바카라사이트se professions, which present 바카라사이트ir workforce with some of 바카라사이트 most complex and challenging situations imaginable.
Get it right, and 바카라사이트re is also a broader argument for universities to win here.
Nurses, teachers and social workers are firmly within 바카라사이트 sphere of interest for 바카라사이트 likes of 바카라사이트 Daily Mail, making this a populist point for universities to campaign on.
Training 바카라사이트 public workforce 바카라사이트 country needs: how’s that for impact?
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