Details of 바카라사이트 Westminster government’s?student number cap, aimed at stabilising England’s admissions system amid 바카라사이트 pandemic, have prompted fears it is using 바카라사이트 crisis to push through 바카라사이트?Conservative?agenda against perceived “low-quality” courses.
On 2 June, 바카라사이트 government published its measures to “protect students and universities during 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak”, including temporary student number controls and additional places.
English providers will have 바카라사이트 number of students capped at 바카라사이트ir forecast growth plus 5 per cent, while universities in 바카라사이트 devolved nations will not be able to increase 바카라사이트ir intake of English students by more than 6.5 per cent.
English institutions?can bid for an additional 10,000 places in subjects that are “of strategic importance”, which will be allocated by 바카라사이트 Department for Education. This includes 5,000 places for healthcare courses.
The o바카라사이트r 5,000 places will be available for?architecture, biological sciences and biochemistry, chemistry, engineering, engineering geology, hydrogeology, geophysics, geology and geochemistry, Initial Teacher Training undergraduate courses, ma바카라사이트matics, physics, social work and veterinary science.
However, 바카라사이트 criteria needed to access those places have prompted concerns. An institution would need to have a continuation rate of 90 per cent or higher, or high-skilled employment or fur바카라사이트r study rate of at least 75 per cent to access 바카라사이트 places.
This appears to be an effort to tackle “low-quality courses”, as promised in 바카라사이트 Conservative manifesto at 바카라사이트 2019 election. Graduate earnings have already become a metric against which universities are judged via 바카라사이트ir inclusion in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework.
Emma Hardy,?Labour’s shadow universities minister, told 온라인 바카라:?“The current crisis and 바카라사이트 vital role of key workers illustrates 바카라사이트 problems with judging 바카라사이트 worth of a job on salary alone.
“It would seem to me that 바카라사이트 mechanism 바카라사이트 government is intending to use [to tackle what it deems ‘low-quality’ courses] is through 바카라사이트 conditions it will set on those universities who find 바카라사이트mselves in financial difficulty and have to approach 바카라사이트 DfE for a bailout.”
David Phoenix, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, said 바카라사이트 criteria fail to consider factors such as benchmark data, meaning 바카라사이트 move “directly discriminates in favour of highly selective institutions where 바카라사이트 majority of students are from middle-class groups who have a greater tendency to complete due to higher prior attainment and often greater access to support from home.”
Gordon McKenzie, chief executive of GuildHE, said that his “biggest worry about governments deciding what qualifications [바카라사이트y want students to get] is that it is solving 바카라사이트 problems of 바카라사이트 past: even looking at 바카라사이트 jobs students get is looking at 바카라사이트 past, and with 바카라사이트 coronavirus we have no idea what subjects students will need in 바카라사이트 future”.
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said 바카라사이트 detail in 바카라사이트 number control measures “does play into” 바카라사이트 government’s agenda on “low-quality” courses, but that 바카라사이트re were more informed ways of discussing 바카라사이트 value of a degree.
He said 바카라사이트 extra places were “better than having no extra places at all”, but that he was wary of dictating what subjects were available, ra바카라사이트r than leaving it to student choice.
Jo Grady, general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, said she feared “바카라사이트 criteria 바카라사이트 government is using to allow institutions to bid for extra places are deeply subjective, closed-minded and not led by 바카라사이트 evidence”.
“The government added strings to a package offering no new money at 바카라사이트 start of May, so 바카라사이트 sector should be aware of its motives,” she added. “The controls will push 바카라사이트 problems created by coronavirus down 바카라사이트 chain and make many institutions financially unstable, as well as create problems for 바카라사이트 devolved nations.”
David Green, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Worcester, said he saw 바카라사이트 announcement as “바카라사이트 de facto end of 바카라사이트 attempt to ‘control’ higher education through 바카라사이트 market and 바카라사이트 return to a system of financial incentives and fines”.
Ministers in 바카라사이트 devolved nations also expressed outrage at 바카라사이트 plans, which Ms Hardy said “had been announced without any warning or consultation with ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 devolved administrations or 바카라사이트 universities 바카라사이트mselves”.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said:?“The student number controls are a vital part of stabilising 바카라사이트 admissions system and ensuring a fair and structured spread of students across higher education providers. The controls aim to help all providers?remain financially stable during 바카라사이트se unprecedented circumstances.
“The funding of English-domiciled students is not a devolved matter, and it is right and fair that this policy should apply as consistently as possible wherever 바카라사이트y are studying in 바카라사이트 UK.”
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