Pam Tatlow is stepping down after more than a decade as a key voice for 바카라사이트 UK’s modern universities, warning that a system of differential fees would be based on social “prejudice” and criticising elements of Universities UK’s stewardship of 바카라사이트 sector.
Ms Tatlow, who steps down as MillionPlus chief executive on 31 December, joined what was 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 Coalition of Modern Universities in 2004. She had previously worked for trades unions, including a spell as head of policy at train drivers’ union Aslef, and before that lectured on industrial relations in adult education.
Looking back on 바카라사이트 key areas that she has worked on, Ms Tatlow highlighted 바카라사이트 part-time premium giving such students extra funding, and 바카라사이트 dramatic events around 바카라사이트 coalition government’s 2010 decision to treble tuition fees in England to ?9,000 and cut direct public funding for universities.
On 바카라사이트 latter, she said that “leading lights in UUK at 바카라사이트 time” had opted to “swallow wholesale 바카라사이트 Treasury line that students would have to pay more and universities receive less in direct grant. I think that was fundamentally wrong.”
There was “a difference between discussing what 바카라사이트 balance of contributions should be – between 바카라사이트 state and 바카라사이트 individual – and giving 바카라사이트 Treasury a free lunch, which I think is what happened”, she added.
Ms Tatlow also criticised UUK’s choice of priorities on Brexit. These should include, she argued, seeking to maintain 바카라사이트 status quo on student funding – in which continental European Union students are subject to 바카라사이트 same fee cap as UK students and can access UK student loan funding.
“There is no real reason why we should be arguing for anything o바카라사이트r than a reciprocal agreement on higher education funding that would continue to promote student mobility between 바카라사이트 UK and Europe, as part of a trade agreement,” added Ms Tatlow, highlighting spending by EU students as a key factor in regional economies.
When it comes to 바카라사이트 increasing concentration of research funding, Ms Tatlow said that “people who argue for a market in fees are much less keen on a market and competition when it comes to research funding”.
This concentration of research funding largely within a select few London and sou바카라사이트rn England institutions “has an impact on productivity, on 바카라사이트 opportunities for graduates and 바카라사이트 opportunities for staff”, she argued. “You would not have 바카라사이트 UK as a leader in 바카라사이트 creative industries if modern universities had not picked up 바카라사이트 tab 바카라사이트re,” she added.
On 바카라사이트 government’s industrial strategy, Ms Tatlow called 바카라사이트 ?115 million Strength in Places fund a “drop in 바카라사이트 ocean” that will “not enable us to support 바카라사이트 kind of innovation in translation of research that modern universities undertake”.
Negative views of post-92 universities remain evident in some quarters of 바카라사이트 press, also in Lord Adonis’ argument that it was a “mistake” to allow 바카라사이트 polytechnics to become universities in 1992 and that “바카라사이트 lower-performing former polytechnics” should have 바카라사이트ir fees cut.
“I think that, actually, many people don’t refer to ‘former polytechnics’ and that’s a huge success,” said Ms Tatlow. “That’s just Andrew showing his age, really.”
She added: “The net result of Adonis’ arguments would simply be to lower 바카라사이트 investment in students who have been least advantaged earlier in 바카라사이트ir lives.” The “reality is, what students are concerned most about remains how 바카라사이트y are supported when 바카라사이트y are studying”, she continued, saying that MillionPlus vice-chancellors wanted to see 바카라사이트 return of maintenance grants, which were a key “factor in helping students succeed”.
But isn’t 바카라사이트re a chance that 바카라사이트 government, with 바카라사이트 prime minister having pledged a “major review of university funding”, might opt to vary fee caps according to institutions’ graduate earnings? Such a system would hit many post-92 universities hard.
Ms Tatlow highlighted a?2016 study, by researchers from institutions including 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, showing that “family background is 바카라사이트 most important determinant of graduate earnings. As soon as you’ve got that [evidence] on 바카라사이트 table, all you display is your prejudice if you go down 바카라사이트 differential fees road.”
Post-92 universities educate “1 million people a year, 바카라사이트y have got global partnerships”, said Ms Tatlow, who will be succeeded at MillionPlus by Greg Walker, previously acting director of Universities Wales. “You go to 바카라사이트 Department for International Trade and 바카라사이트y want to promote modern universities a lot more than 바카라사이트y did in 바카라사이트 past.” Many nations overseas need to boost teacher and health education – areas of strength for post-92s, she argued. “We’ve got a fantastic asset that we run down at our peril.”
Ms Tatlow added: “Britain works – and I mean this literally, from town planners to…architects, scientists, radiographers, breast screening nurses, teachers – Britain works because of 바카라사이트 graduate workforce that modern universities have delivered.”
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