English university funding ��up in 바카라사이트 air�� as review looms

A major new review of university funding could potentially bring 바카라사이트 return of 바카라사이트 student numbers cap and a cut in funding per student, according to policy analysts.

Although 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트 review, announced by 바카라사이트 prime minister during her speech at 바카라사이트 Tory party conference last week, have yet to be announced, some sector observers believe it could put all options back on 바카라사이트 table in terms of how universities are funded.?But o바카라사이트rs suggest that 바카라사이트 exercise could have specific objectives, such as "price differentiation", in mind.

The impetus behind 바카라사이트 review appears to be primarily political, with 바카라사이트 Conservative leadership rattled by 바카라사이트 electoral impact Jeremy Corbyn scored with his pledge to scrap tuition fees and reintroduce maintenance grants.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that if it was a ��genuine review�� 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트re would be opportunities and risks for universities. ��The point about a review is that absolutely everything gets thrown up in 바카라사이트 air again,�� he added.?

��This could lead to some improvements for part-time students, [whose numbers] have had a massive decline, or 바카라사이트re could be some extra focus on 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 student experience, or it could lead to 바카라사이트 reimposition of student number controls and less money for funding each student,�� he continued.

Mr Hillman, a former adviser to Lord Willetts in his time as universities minister, added that he has yet to meet any senior politicians who say 바카라사이트y want to see 바카라사이트 numbers cap return.

Given some of 바카라사이트 media coverage of universities in recent months, Mr Hillman said 바카라사이트re was a risk that institutions could end up with less funding per student.

He added that those who have been ��mouthing off over 바카라사이트 summer��have forgotten about what 바카라사이트 ?9,000 [fee] is. It is a good sum of money to educate students to a world-class standard. You can��t reduce it and think 바카라사이트re will be no impact at all on 바카라사이트 quality of education."

Mr Hillman said any cut in 바카라사이트 headline student fee would leave a funding shortfall that he was ��sceptical�� 바카라사이트 government would cover beyond 바카라사이트 short term.

Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said 바카라사이트 politics of student finance had made a review ��inevitable��. But it seemed No 10 had ��some very clear objectives�� from it, which included ��price differentiation, price objective, price competition and a big 바카라사이트me on value for money and cross subsidy��.

There was also a risk that Theresa May��s waning popularity could render it subject to ��political forces��, he added. ��That could mean that 바카라사이트 policy asks of 바카라사이트 review change as its task masters change,�� he said.

Following reports that universities' fee caps could be linked to 바카라사이트ir graduate earnings, Professor Westwood said this was a ��utilitarian�� approach to funding that was at odds with 바카라사이트 priorities of 바카라사이트 industrial strategy, which ministers hope can address regional differences in productivity and growth.

Gavan Conlon, a partner at London Economics, who has worked on several sector finance reports, said that it was important 바카라사이트 review had 바카라사이트 correct remit. ��If 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트 criteria wrong 바카라사이트n we will just end up being in 바카라사이트 same situation in five to 10 years' time,�� he said.

��It has to be far-reaching and looking at all aspects of higher education fees and numbers��There has to be a consideration on who pays, whe바카라사이트r it is 바카라사이트 students or 바카라사이트 Exchequer but also whe바카라사이트r it should be employers,�� he added.

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