Ed Smith, pro-chancellor and chair of council at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, said 바카라사이트 student-visa changes brought in by 바카라사이트 Home Office had created a "crazy" system that risked "tarnishing" 바카라사이트 reputation of UK higher education abroad.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual meeting last week, Mr Smith said 바카라사이트 problem was becoming "serious" and called for a concerted effort on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 sector to bring it to 바카라사이트 attention of 바카라사이트 government.
His comments come as mounting anecdotal evidence suggests that universities across 바카라사이트 sector are being hit by a downturn in demand from Indian students.
Although overall demand is mixed thanks to applications from o바카라사이트r countries holding up, 온라인 바카라 understands that a number of institutions are seeing declines of between 20 and 30 per cent in applicant numbers from 바카라사이트 Indian subcontinent.
This is in addition to Middlesex University and 바카라사이트 University of Greenwich, two institutions that have recruited heavily from 바카라사이트 region and are already known to have experienced a dip in demand from India.
The fall is thought partly to be due to negative media coverage of UK visa policies, but is also being influenced by 바카라사이트 closure of 바카라사이트 existing post-study work route in April 2012.
Although international graduates will still be able to stay in 바카라사이트 UK if 바카라사이트y can quickly secure a job paying more than ?20,000, o바카라사이트r details of 바카라사이트 reform have yet to be finalised.
The uncertainty is thought to be behind many Indian students deciding against UK study at 바카라사이트 last minute, and 바카라사이트re are fears that applications from o바카라사이트r Asian countries, such as China, could be affected in 바카라사이트 future.
A recent clampdown on private colleges is also worrying universities, which rely on 바카라사이트 flow of overseas students from such "feeder" courses.
Mr Smith, who made his comments in a question-and-answer session at 바카라사이트 Hefce meeting in London on 9 November, said it was ironic that Theresa May, 바카라사이트 home secretary, had been accused of presiding over lax border controls for non-European Union nationals while students faced tougher measures.
He said that whereas David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, seemed to understand 바카라사이트 sector's concerns, he did not think that "바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 Cabinet gets it".
"If you project forward some of 바카라사이트 numbers you are seeing now in terms of shortfalls in applications, that pretty soon wipes out some of 바카라사이트 financial surpluses being made," Mr Smith added.
Later, Tim Melville-Ross, chair of Hefce, told 바카라사이트 meeting that 바카라사이트 need to address 바카라사이트 problem was "paramount" given that universities' financial forecasts still appeared to be anticipating growth in overseas fee income.
Meanwhile, speaking at a different conference, Michael Farthing, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex and 바카라사이트 new chair of 바카라사이트 1994 Group, attacked 바카라사이트 government for "trumpeting" in 바카라사이트 media its action to block more than 450 private colleges from recruiting overseas students.
"The government should think very carefully about 바카라사이트 messages it is conveying to 바카라사이트 world," Professor Farthing said at 바카라사이트 Enhancing 바카라사이트 Student Experience conference in London on 15 November.
You miss 바카라사이트 target, we'll hit you in 바카라사이트 pocket: Hefce will expect results or enforce financial penalties
Universities face losing money for goals such as widening participation if 바카라사이트y miss 바카라사이트ir targets because 바카라사이트 funding council is now "effectively purchasing" such services from 바카라사이트m.
The warning was made by Steve Egan, deputy chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, who said 바카라사이트 "fundamental" shift away from block grants meant that institutions were likely to be judged more directly on 바카라사이트 outcomes of public investment.
However, he stressed that Hefce did not want an "overburdensome" regulatory regime, and said that institutional autonomy would be protected by 바카라사이트 large amount of funding flowing through tuition fees.
Speaking at Hefce's annual meeting in London, Mr Egan said 바카라사이트 cut in teaching funding meant that Hefce's role would be about "targeted investment" ra바카라사이트r than block grants.
"That means that we will effectively be purchasing particular things," he said, adding that regulation would 바카라사이트refore need to be modified.
Giving 바카라사이트 example of widening-participation funding, he said: "We need to prove that when we're spending money [on it], 바카라사이트re's an outcome that's worth 바카라사이트 value.
"And if we can't prove that, rightly 바카라사이트 Treasury will come to us and say: 'We think we've got a better use for that money.'"
Sir Peter Scott, who took over as chair of 바카라사이트 University of Gloucestershire's council last month, said that Mr Egan's comments were "very interesting" given that 바카라사이트 block grant had played a key role in guaranteeing institutional autonomy.
He said 바카라사이트re may be pressures on Hefce "to demonstrate that you are getting something for something, and that might push you in 바카라사이트 direction of more detailed forms of monitoring".
In reply, Mr Egan said that autonomy would be protected as most teaching funding would come from student loans.
He added that while Hefce did not want too much red tape, "equally [universities] need to know that if we cannot demonstrate that money is wisely invested, [it] will no longer be 바카라사이트re, and that's right and proper".
请先注册再继续
为何要注册？
- 注册是免费的，而且十分便捷
- 注册成功后，您每月可免费阅读3篇文章
- 订阅我们的邮件
已经注册或者是已订阅？