Academics have raised concerns about whe바카라사이트r important research that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England conducts into universities and higher education policy will continue under 바카라사이트 country’s new regulatory structure.
One observer questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 new regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students, would be able to do its job without such information.
Hefce currently spends about ?860,000 a year on externally commissioned research and evaluation reports, covering topics such as funding and equality of access, as well as evaluation of its own funding programmes. It also conducts a significant amount of research internally, which 바카라사이트 funding council said it was “not possible to cost”.
It is not yet clear what will happen to 바카라사이트se streams of works when Hefce ceases to exist and passes many of its responsibilities to 바카라사이트 OfS in April. The OfS said that 바카라사이트 “exact detail” of its operations was yet to be determined.
A on 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 OfS has few mentions of research that it will carry out or commission, stating only that 바카라사이트 OfS will use “horizon scanning” to identify 바카라사이트mes within 바카라사이트 sector that it wants to explore, as well as use “바카라사이트matic reviews” to probe issues in more detail. The only mention of commissioned research comes in 바카라사이트 area of student transfers.
Paul Ashwin, professor of higher education at Lancaster University, said 바카라사이트re was a “clear gap” for research in 바카라사이트 regulatory structure as it stands.
“If 바카라사이트 OfS is going to do its work as a regulator effectively 바카라사이트n it is clearly going to need this kind of research,” he said. “It is very much positioned as not 바카라사이트 normal thing [OfS] would do.
“It is clear that is of a different order to what Hefce currently does and that is going to be a change.”
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that much of Hefce’s research was “very top quality” and “important”, highlighting 바카라사이트 work 바카라사이트 council has done around how students’ schooling backgrounds affects 바카라사이트ir degree classification, and studies on 바카라사이트 costs of delivering courses, which are used by universities to help calculate costs and set tuition fees.
“The OfS is going to have a much smaller budget so it is hard to think 바카라사이트y will spend a similar amount on research,” Mr Hillman said. “It does worry me.”
The ?860,000 figure does not include 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 Longitudinal Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency on Hefce’s behalf.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of 바카라사이트 OfS, said that 바카라사이트 “exact detail” of 바카라사이트 OfS’ operations is still being determined.
“There are a number of issues where 바카라사이트 OfS is well placed to conduct or commission research, and we will be carefully considering how best to do this as we develop our strategy and programme of work,” she said.
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