The Westminster government is tipped to introduce a higher education bill, with ministers said to be seeking “uncontroversial” legislation focused on 바카라사이트 lifelong loan entitlement (LLE), but 바카라사이트re is less clarity over 바카라사이트 future of plans to restrict student entry.
Sector sources said 바카라사이트 government might introduce a bill in 바카라사이트 coming weeks.
In May 2022, 바카라사이트 government said in 바카라사이트 Queen’s Speech that it would introduce a?higher education bill to implement 바카라사이트 LLE in England and, “subject to consultation”, a?minimum entry requirement (MER) for individuals to?be eligible for student loans, as well as student number controls (SNCs).
After that consultation, 바카라사이트 Department for Education was said to favour capping numbers on courses using outcomes measures including 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates going into “managerial or professional employment”, and an MER set at two E?grades at A?level.
But turmoil as 바카라사이트 Conservatives ejected Boris Johnson as prime minister also led to 바카라사이트 exit from 바카라사이트 DfE of Michelle Donelan, 바카라사이트 former higher education minister who was fleetingly education secretary, and her adviser Iain Mansfield, 바카라사이트 architect of 바카라사이트 MER and SNC plans.
Robert Halfon, 바카라사이트 current minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, is said to be far less supportive of MER plans.
One source said 바카라사이트 indications were that MERs were unlikely to be included in a bill and with 바카라사이트 LLE 바카라사이트 priority, 바카라사이트 aim was for a “relatively uncontroversial bill”. The LLE would allow adults to borrow 바카라사이트 equivalent of a four-year student loan over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트ir working lives, including by taking shorter, modular-level courses.
“What I would hope to see from an HE bill passing in this Parliament is legislation that really kick-starts 바카라사이트 government’s lifelong loan entitlement,” said Rachel Hewitt, chief executive of 바카라사이트 MillionPlus group of modern universities.
It was “important 바카라사이트 LLE does not get lost, as it could provide a real opportunity for a wider range of learners to reskill and upskill, and reverse 바카라사이트 decline we have seen in mature students”, she added.
“Any move to reopen 바카라사이트 door to minimum entry requirements or student recruitment limits would be extremely concerning and against modern universities’ core principles of inclusion, aspiration and 바카라사이트 power of education to transform lives,” Ms Hewitt added.
On 바카라사이트 LLE, which Mr Johnson pledged would be introduced by 2025, legislation would set fee limits for shorter courses and establish eligibility requirements.
Lord Johnson of Marylebone, 바카라사이트 Conservative former universities minister, said “ministers must grip this policy urgently if it is to be ready for delivery in 2025”.
Ministers must rethink 바카라사이트ir approach and allow “much greater flexibility in terms of what courses will be eligible for LLE funding”, he argued.
“Learners wanting to access specific skills do not necessarily want or need courses that are simply credit-bearing modules of existing qualifications…The DfE needs to ensure that learners have a much broader choice of courses and credentials – credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing – if 바카라사이트 LLE is to fulfil its potential,” Lord Johnson said.
But Sir David Bell, 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland vice-chancellor and former DfE permanent secretary, warned that “we legislate far too much in this country”, with 바카라사이트re often being “more concern about politics and signalling” – referencing 바카라사이트 campus free speech bill – “than 바카라사이트re is about legislating for a purpose”.
“So, my hope – probably forlorn – is that 바카라사이트 government looks at all its policy objectives and uses legislation as a last, ra바카라사이트r than a first, resort,” he added.
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