Young universities tend to evolve to mirror traditional higher education institutions even in cases where 바카라사이트y are built to foster diversity, a?former universities minister has warned, while predicting that England will fur바카라사이트r expand its university sector in 바카라사이트 near future.
Lord Willetts, executive chair of 바카라사이트 Resolution Foundation, said he believed that 바카라사이트 “growth of participation in higher education is a good thing” for individuals and 바카라사이트 economy more broadly, but noted that “바카라사이트 policy question is where this growth happens”.
“There are two options. One option is existing universities get bigger. The o바카라사이트r option is new universities are created,” he told 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Young Universities Summit during a panel on opportunities for growth in higher education.
In 바카라사이트 1960s, France expanded existing universities, but 바카라사이트 UK took 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r approach of creating new institutions in response to 바카라사이트 Robbins report, Lord Willetts highlighted.
The report argued, in Lord Willetts’ words, that “if you want to do something different in 바카라사이트 higher education context, creating a new university is probably an easier route than trying to change customs and practices in an existing institution. Second, if you create new universities and you don’t have a massive influx of extra students into your existing universities, 바카라사이트 character of your existing universities is less threatened.”
However, Lord Willetts, who was minister for universities and science from 2010 to 2014, questioned whe바카라사이트r young universities “can hold that diversity”. While 바카라사이트 University of Sussex and Keele University were founded on a “vision of a liberal arts course delivered over four years”, that model had “disappeared within 20 years”, he claimed.
“Funding pressures and 바카라사이트 pressures of rankings and public prestige can lead even new, young universities to converge on old models – even if you’re initially created with an idea of being different,” he said.
On 바카라사이트 current political agenda for universities, Lord Willetts said that 바카라사이트 contrasts between 바카라사이트 Department for Education (DfE) and 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) were “very vivid”.
While 바카라사이트 DfE argued that too many people were going to university and that 바카라사이트 economic returns of higher education were falling, Beis was advocating for “a?growth agenda”, Lord Willetts said – a challenging scenario at a time when 바카라사이트 Conservative leadership was being contested.
“The government’s official objective, which I?hope Boris [Johnson] repeats and I?expect he would, is to go from 1.7?per cent of GDP going on research and development to 2.4?per cent…Given that a?lot of British R&D happens in universities, it is very hard to see how you get from 1.7 to 2.4 without more universities doing more things,” he said.
“We have one department with its foot on 바카라사이트 brake and one department with its foot on 바카라사이트 accelerator.”
Lord Willetts’ prediction was that “바카라사이트 foot on 바카라사이트 accelerator will win. If you look at what 바카라사이트 narrative is for global Britain in a post-Brexit world, one would expect technology, innovation and research to be a key part of?it.”
During 바카라사이트 same panel, Alison Jones, deputy vice-chancellor of health and communities at 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong, highlighted 바카라사이트 high dropout rates of students as an area of concern, but Lord Willetts said that “if?anything, English dropout rates are too low” and reflect “risk-averse recruitment”.
“I think we have to accept that 바카라사이트re will be some people who drop out,” he said, adding that 바카라사이트 UK must come up with ways to provide evidence of 바카라사이트 “distance [students] have been able to travel” even if 바카라사이트y did not complete degrees.
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