Every town or city in 바카라사이트 UK with a population of more than 80,000 people should have its own university to help spur growth and innovation, according to a new book?that aims to provide 바카라사이트 Labour government with a “road map” for addressing inequalities.
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The current government has so far?“kept its powder dry” on higher education, he writes in a chapter in?Making Equal – New Visions for Opportunity and Growth, released to mark 바카라사이트 125th anniversary of Ruskin College, Oxford, but stresses that a high skills agenda can help tackle 바카라사이트 country’s spatial economic disparities.
Coulter says that higher education must expand and adapt to a changing labour market and economy driven by technology in a way that spreads and creates wealth and opportunity in “left behind” areas of 바카라사이트 country.
He calls for every town or city with a population of more than 80,000 people to have its own university. Such a policy, suggested during a period of financial stress on 바카라사이트 country’s existing institutions,?would lead to new ones being established in?places such as Milton Keynes and Wigan.
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Coulter says new universities should be built by upgrading existing institutions with established roots in 바카라사이트 community and should offer more alternatives than 바카라사이트 traditional three-year bachelor’s degree.
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Coulter also calls on Keir Starmer’s government to commit to?implementing 바카라사이트 Lifelong Loan Entitlement?and extend student finance to a wider range of courses.
“Ultimately, in a more competitive, knowledge-driven world, expanding HE is a necessity not a choice,” he concludes.
The book, which claims to provide a road map for Labour to regain momentum and deliver transformational change, also features a chapter from former education secretary David Blunkett, who also points to 바카라사이트 importance of lifelong learning.
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According to 바카라사이트 Labour heavyweight, a longer-form method of delivering education could enable people to keep abreast of evolving technologies and not be overtaken by sudden advancements, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
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