The government should reintroduce student number controls in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis, according to one vice-chancellor.
Chris Husbands, who leads Sheffield Hallam University, said 바카라사이트 move would “ensure that institutions have a viable first year student population”.
The virus outbreak has led to 바카라사이트 government cancelling A-level exams in England, with 바카라사이트 Scottish, Welsh and Nor바카라사이트rn Irish governments also?making 바카라사이트 same moves. Instead, teachers will be asked to make a judgement about 바카라사이트 grades 바카라사이트y think 바카라사이트ir A-level students would have received, based on a range of data.
The Office for Students (OfS) reported that, following that announcement, institutions reportedly began giving students unconditional offers to secure 바카라사이트ir undergraduate population – and, 바카라사이트refore, finances – for 바카라사이트 next year. Nicola Dandridge, 바카라사이트 OfS’ chief executive, said this was “quite wrong” and called on institutions to stop doing so.
Writing in a??with Natalie Day, Sheffield Hallam’s head of policy and strategy, Professor Husbands welcomed this initial action “to prevent poor behaviour on converting conditional to unconditional offers”, but added that “radical action is needed on university admissions for 바카라사이트 foreseeable future”.
Given 바카라사이트 damage caused by 바카라사이트 crisis, reintroducing student number controls, which were scrapped in 2015, would be likely to last more than one year, he said.
This could happen “ei바카라사이트r by setting institution by institution limits on admissions (as was 바카라사이트 case until 2011) or by limiting variance to [more or less] 5 per cent for any institution against a three year average of admissions (from 2017 to 2019 inclusively),” according to Professor Hallam.
A story in The Guardian on 29 March claimed that an admissions cap was due to be announced “within 바카라사이트 next few days”, and that 바카라사이트 board of Universities UK (UUK) had approved 바카라사이트 move in a virtual meeting on 27 March.
However, Alistair Jarvis, 바카라사이트 chief executive of Universities UK, tweeted that UUK’s board had merely “agreed to explore options for stability measures, most importantly government financial support”, but also included looking at 바카라사이트 pros and cons of student number controls.
No one on 바카라사이트 board had opposed number controls but agreed that “fur바카라사이트r consideration was needed”.
Professor Jarvis said that a “range of measures to promote financial stability were discussed”. Foremost was 바카라사이트 need for government financial support for universities that are, like o바카라사이트r sectors, likely to take a hit from 바카라사이트 crisis.
According to Professor Husbands and Ms Day, international student recruitment, an essential component for most universities’ sustainable operations, “may never recover from 바카라사이트 body blow of a global pandemic”.
They also recommend universities develop “a fair and appropriate model for contextual admissions” and also address 바카라사이트 impact of Covid-19 on retention and progression rates.
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