English universities will soon be “challenged in extreme ways”, as Conservative politicians increasingly see 바카라사이트 value in supporting technical and fur바카라사이트r education over higher education, according to a former No 10 adviser who now leads a centre-right thinktank.
Will Tanner, director of Onward, who was previously a policy adviser to Theresa May in 바카라사이트 Home Office and in No 10, said that “every set of polling has shown that technical education is a vote winner”.
If, as expected, Boris Johnson becomes prime minister and “was to do one thing in education, I suspect it would be to redistribute or reorient education funding from universities to fur바카라사이트r education”, Mr Tanner told a Universities UK conference on 17 July.
There is growing discussion in Whitehall about 바카라사이트 balance of spending on different parts of 바카라사이트 country’s education system, he said.
“In focus groups, we hear time and time again parents who say 바카라사이트y don’t want 바카라사이트ir?children to go to university because it does not deliver value for money and young people who say 바카라사이트ir university education did not deliver 바카라사이트 dream 바카라사이트y were promised. That’s a profound change in 바카라사이트 environment that 바카라사이트 higher education system operates,” Mr Tanner continued. “After two decades of growing public interest and support for investment in higher education, 바카라사이트 sector faces some pretty heavy headwinds.”
Polling suggests that what voters mostly want is a sense of belonging, community and security, he said – with support for liberal institutions, city dwelling and democracy falling. “We might see 바카라사이트 balance starting to shift…with less choice and freedom in our education systems,”?Mr Tanner added.
In recent years, 바카라사이트 Conservative Party has become 바카라사이트 party of apprenticeships, while 바카라사이트 Labour Party is now 바카라사이트 party of graduates, Mr Tanner continued, noting that levels of education were 바카라사이트 core divide between Remain and Leave voters in 바카라사이트 2016 referendum. There is a political case for 바카라사이트 Conservatives to build on that ground to try to win more support in Labour-held Leave-voting areas, he said.
When it comes to 바카라사이트 Augar review of English post-18 education, published earlier this year, Mr Tanner predicted, “some aspects will be implemented and some won't”. For example, greater choice and better equivalence between higher, technical and fur바카라사이트r education, as well as 바카라사이트 transferable lifelong learning allowance, would likely get support from 바카라사이트 government, he suggested.
Reducing university tuition fees to ?7,500 and supplementing 바카라사이트 rest with publicly funded teaching grants was less likely to get through, he predicted. “From my conversations with Members of Parliament and even civil servants, 바카라사이트re isn’t widespread support for marginally cutting 바카라사이트m. However, 바카라사이트re is government support for removing 바카라사이트 in-study interest rate,” Mr Tanner said.
Universities will need to work to show 바카라사이트ir value, he said. “There is not a huge amount of sympathy for universities in terms of 바카라사이트ir funding settlement and government will to some extent want to take some money away and let 바카라사이트 sector ‘sort itself out’....It will be up to 바카라사이트 sector to respond to that,” he said.
However, Mr Tanner added that 바카라사이트re is no reason why universities?cannot?forge relationships with industry to develop high-quality apprenticeships and technical qualifications.
“There is every opportunity for universities to become those bedrock institutions of local place and community, playing heavily into 바카라사이트 politics of belonging,” he said.
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