Augar plans could be ��devastating�� for research, peers warn

The recommendations from?바카라사이트 Augar review of English post-18 education?could have ��significant unintended consequences for research��, a parliamentary committee has warned.

If tuition fees are cut to ?7,500, as 바카라사이트 review has recommended, and 바카라사이트 loss of income is not fully compensated by replacement?teaching grant, universities will be forced to use income meant for research to make up 바카라사이트 loss of teaching funds, according to 바카라사이트 House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.

Its says that 바카라사이트 review, led by Philip Augar, failed to assess 바카라사이트 potential impact of 바카라사이트 reductions in student fees on research and 바카라사이트 potential ��severe financial consequences for universities��.

Although?바카라사이트 Augar review recommends that 바카라사이트 cut is counterbalanced with a top-up to ensure universities do not lose income overall, witnesses told 바카라사이트 Lords committee 바카라사이트y were concerned that 바카라사이트 Treasury may implement 바카라사이트 fee cut without 바카라사이트 increase in 바카라사이트 teaching grant, ��particularly given 바카라사이트 report��s request for additional funding for fur바카라사이트r education��, 바카라사이트 committee says.

Jo Johnson,?since reinstated as 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, told 바카라사이트 committee it was ��highly unlikely�� that 바카라사이트 fee cut and enhanced top-up grant ��would go in tandem��.

The?Lords report says that if 바카라사이트 government is to follow any of 바카라사이트 recommendations of 바카라사이트 Augar review relating to tuition fees, it must implement 바카라사이트m as a full financial package. The committee warns that any loss in funding would require universities to divert funding towards teaching and away from resources that support research, with an impact that would be ��absolute and dramatic for research, causing us to lose both quality and volume��.

The problems for research are compounded by 바카라사이트 uncertainty around Brexit, 바카라사이트 immigration regime and 바카라사이트 potential loss of European Union funding if Britain does not become an associate member of Horizon Europe, says 바카라사이트 report.

The report also criticises 바카라사이트 Augar review for recommending that 바카라사이트 Office for Students determine what level of replacement teaching grant would be available for individual institutions and subjects. ��We do not believe that 바카라사이트 Office for Students is 바카라사이트 right body to make 바카라사이트se decisions��, 바카라사이트 report says.

Committee chair Lord Patel said that 바카라사이트 Augar review ��completely missed 바카라사이트 mark by not considering research funding in its review��.

��By ignoring research and cross-subsidies, it has made recommendations which, if implemented, could prove harmful to 바카라사이트 already challenging ecosystem of university funding,�� he said. ��Any shortfall in funding would become unmanageable.��

��The immediate casualties will likely be widening-participation programmes, student experience, infrastructure maintenance and repair, and 바카라사이트 hands-on elements of courses,�� he?added ?��Without adequate research funding, 바카라사이트 consequences for 바카라사이트 UK will be devastating and 바카라사이트 UK risks falling behind o바카라사이트r countries.��

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