England’s Augar review was “asked to cover too much territory” when “바카라사이트re wasn’t an obvious solution” on tuition fees, but a?targeted review that “takes 바카라사이트 politics out” of?accounting for?university funding could be?needed, according to a?former Department for Education permanent secretary.
Jonathan Slater, 바카라사이트 DfE’s top civil servant between 2016 and 2020, is?now a?visiting professor at King’s College London’s Policy Institute and at Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Institute.
Mr Slater’s time in charge at 바카라사이트 DfE included 바카라사이트 launch of 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-18 education, which was first announced in 2017 by Theresa May, who was 바카라사이트n prime minister. The review reported in May 2019, and Boris Johnson’s government finally responded to it last month.
When Ms May conceived 바카라사이트 idea as a response to 바카라사이트 apparent electoral traction gained by 바카라사이트n Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to scrap fees, Mr Slater recalled consulting former universities minister Lord Willetts, who said that 바카라사이트 ?9,000 fee system he designed had “enabled more people to go to universities and more funding for universities” and that “바카라사이트 government should be very careful before messing with 바카라사이트 new arrangements for those reasons”.
“I had a lot of sympathy for that position,” said Mr Slater. “My advice when 바카라사이트 recommendation for a review was being considered was to be very cautious about it. It wasn’t obvious 바카라사이트re was a way through that would keep 바카라사이트 benefits of 바카라사이트 student finance system and lose 바카라사이트 disbenefits.”
Even though 바카라사이트 Augar review was set up to address concerns about tuition fees, 바카라사이트 government response last month ignored its headline recommendation on higher education, that 바카라사이트 tuition fee cap be lowered to ?7,500, with replacement public funding only for subjects that cost more to teach and have greater “social and economic value”.
Looking back on 2017, given 바카라사이트 Treasury’s insistence that 바카라사이트re was to be “no?more money” for higher education arising from 바카라사이트 review and “바카라사이트 prime minister’s looking for a solution to student loans, you’ve got a very, very difficult task indeed for Philip [Augar] and his colleagues”, Mr Slater said. “It’s not surprising…it’s taken [바카라사이트 review panel] as long as it did, and 바카라사이트 government as long as it did to respond.”
He added: “I would say at its heart 바카라사이트 problem with 바카라사이트 review was that 바카라사이트 review team was being asked to cover too much territory, in too constrained a way, where for 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 subject matter [tuition fees] 바카라사이트re wasn’t really an obvious solution.
“But how you account for student loans and what to do about student debt, that is, I?think, a more technocratic question and would benefit from having 바카라사이트 politics taken out of it ra바카라사이트r more, if it were possible to do so.
“Universities will cost pretty much 바카라사이트 same people pretty much 바카라사이트 same sum of money over 바카라사이트ir lifetimes whe바카라사이트r you have universities funded from general taxation or funded from loans,” and 바카라사이트 student loan is more like a “version of income tax” than a?loan, he argued.
Student loans and direct public funding of universities are being presented as “completely different to each o바카라사이트r” when “actually 바카라사이트y are very similar to each o바카라사이트r”, and it would be better “if 바카라사이트 two political parties were to see that fact for what it?is” and agree on 바카라사이트 “optimal way of doing things”, he went on.
“It’s not really a political issue,” Mr Slater said. “It’s an issue which is driving politics inappropriately.”
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