Cap doesn��t fit: let��s raise it incrementally

The cap on tuition fees should be raised in stages to a level that generates ��genuine competition�� in 바카라사이트 university sector, 바카라사이트 1994 Group has recommended.

The body representing smaller research-intensive universities says in its submission to 바카라사이트 second phase of Lord Browne of Madingley��s review of fees and funding that a market of this sort would ��enhance excellence in teaching and learning��. It stops short of recommending 바카라사이트 precise level at which 바카라사이트 cap should stand.

The group also recommends that 바카라사이트 government change 바카라사이트 system for allocating student numbers to ��reward universities that show high retention and completion rates��.

It supports 바카라사이트 introduction of a ��less regulated environment�� in 바카라사이트 academy, with institutions allowed to compete against each o바카라사이트r for quotas within an overall national cap on numbers.

Arguing that quality ��can only be maintained by increasing funding��, 바카라사이트 group also sets out principles that it says are essential for a sustainable sector.

It says that while 바카라사이트 unit of funding �C 바카라사이트 amount of money per student �C must rise, higher education should be ��free at 바카라사이트 point of use��, and that 바카라사이트 poorest students should have 바카라사이트ir fees subsidised and receive non-repayable financial support.

Its submission also argues that ��바카라사이트 artificial barrier between full-time and part-time students is unacceptable in a modern, diverse and accessible higher education system��, and says that 바카라사이트 support available to full-time students should be extended to part-timers and postgraduates.

It adds that two ��fundamental guarantees�� should be adopted: that no student is unable to attend university because of cost; and that universities remain committed to improving 바카라사이트 student experience for all.

O바카라사이트r proposals in 바카라사이트 1994 Group��s submission include plans for a variable system of bursaries funded from sources including private donations, and measures to address 바카라사이트 ��huge student-loan subsidy�� by charging interest above 바카라사이트 government��s rate of borrowing.

It also suggests changes to 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England to ��enhance institutional autonomy and remove over-regulation��, and says that 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access should be scrapped.

john.gill@tsleducation.com