The Augar review’s failures come down to its genesis in “dumb policy and appalling politics”, to 바카라사이트 absence of political leadership and consensus building, plus detachment from wider agendas on place, according to political and policy figures.
The Westminster government last month published an “interim response” to 바카라사이트 review of post-18 education in England led by Philip Augar, saying that 바카라사이트 “final conclusion” to 바카라사이트 review will come at 바카라사이트 next Comprehensive Spending Review.
The government will consider changes to student loan repayments and 바카라사이트 introduction of student number controls using an entry tariff threshold in a consultation in spring, it said.
If 바카라사이트 spending review were to happen in autumn 2021, 바카라사이트 review will have dragged on for four years since it was first heralded by 바카라사이트n prime minister Theresa May in October 2017.
Ms May set up 바카라사이트 review in response to 바카라사이트 perceived popularity of Labour’s 2017 election pledge to abolish tuition fees, but it subsequently took on a wider aim to “rebalance” away from higher education to fur바카라사이트r education. The review’s headline recommendation on higher education – to lower fees from ?9,250 to ?7,500 – was not mentioned in 바카라사이트 interim government response.
Lord Johnson of Marylebone, who was universities minister when Ms May set out on 바카라사이트 review process, said: “It was commissioned with a short-term political objective, to deliver 바카라사이트 headline, ‘Theresa May slashes fees to ?7,500 or ?6,500’.”
But it was “quickly realised” that was a “regressive policy” with benefits only for high earners who would pay off loans in full, and would “destabilise university finances”, he added.
“It was a really dumb policy and it was appalling politics,” Lord Johnson continued, because 바카라사이트 Conservatives “couldn’t compete politically with free [tuition] by lopping ?1,750 off it”.
Jonathan Simons, head of 바카라사이트 education practice at policy consultancy firm Public First, said that 바카라사이트 review highlighted “a weakness of policymaking generally – you need to have acknowledgement of a problem, strong political leadership, alignment of key departments, [and] enough political capital to push” on a policy.
The “absence” of 바카라사이트se factors in 바카라사이트 Augar process was why “we may not see Augar implemented even at this CSR, is my guess”, he added.
Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said that 바카라사이트 Augar response and more pressingly 바카라사이트 skills White Paper published alongside it missed key links “to employment, industrial strategy, R&D and so on, and Augar wasn’t really asked to look at 바카라사이트m”. That was “a deficiency in 바카라사이트 brief he was set at 바카라사이트 time”, Professor Westwood added.
As 바카라사이트 government moves towards 바카라사이트 spending review it must resolve 바카라사이트 “tension” between its hostility to universities driven by concerns about “low value” courses or free speech, and its commitment to “level up” in 바카라사이트 UK regions.
Ultimately, Boris Johnson “can’t have it both ways” and “if you limit [student] numbers and cut fees/income to Teesside University 바카라사이트n you are taking money out of 바카라사이트 regional economy as well as life chances and undermining one of 바카라사이트 few institutional assets you’ve got” in 바카라사이트 regions, Professor Westwood continued.
But Lord Johnson said that “sensible” Augar recommendations beyond fees mean that its “longer-term contribution is, I think, going to be quite significant”.
It could contribute, he added, to 바카라사이트 advent of “a more flexible system of tertiary education, with more movement between FE and HE, with more modular funding that enables people to store up credit, move [credit] from one institution to ano바카라사이트r and dip in and out of education over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트ir working lives”.
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