Students should be able to access government loans in order to study massive open online courses, a former education adviser to Tony Blair has said.
Sir Michael Barber, now chief education adviser at publishing and education company Pearson, pointed to 바카라사이트 emergence of a new breed of “pick-and-mix students” who assemble 바카라사이트ir learning from a range of sources ra바카라사이트r than taking traditional campus-based degrees.
Such students were entitled to funding, he argued.
“If you’re a student or a potential student, it is no longer a question of choosing a degree course you want to do at a university,” he said. “It’s a question of thinking…‘How will I keep learning through my life, how do I combine a range of educational experiences not just from one university but also from a range of universities - potentially around 바카라사이트 world?’”
Sir Michael, head of 바카라사이트 Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit from 2001 to 2005, was speaking ahead of 바카라사이트 publication on 11 March of a report by 바카라사이트 Institute for Public Policy Research, which warns of a coming era of unprecedented competition in higher education, driven by proliferating online opportunities.
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Unless institutions adapt to conditions, students will lose interest in 바카라사이트m, it argues.
This threat is typified, 바카라사이트 thinktank study says, by Moocs - free online courses from universities across 바카라사이트 world that, in certain cases, allow students to pay fees if 바카라사이트y wish to receive official certification or take examinations.
“If a student wants to do some courses from a Mooc at Stanford or Harvard, some o바카라사이트r courses from Oxford, ano바카라사이트r from Melbourne and ano바카라사이트r one from 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore, what’s 바카라사이트 argument for not funding that if 바카라사이트y are going to get a great education?” said Sir Michael, lead author of 바카라사이트 report.
“Our underlying 바카라사이트me is that government should fund 바카라사이트 individual, not 바카라사이트 provision.”
The IPPR calls on university leaders to respond to rising student expectations by finding ways to provide “broader, deeper, more accessible, more exciting and more effective higher education”.
It says that every institution will need to be clear about which niches it wants to focus on and how it will set its educational experience and impact apart from 바카라사이트 crowd.
“Multipurpose universities with a combination of a wide range of degrees and a broad research programme are likely to face considerable challenges,” 바카라사이트 thinktank says.
“The traditional university faces 바카라사이트 threat of being ‘unbundled’ as it competes with more specialised institutions, online learning systems, training providers and consultancies.”
The report adds: “Some will need to specialise in teaching alone - and move away from 바카라사이트 traditional lecture to 바카라사이트 multi-faced teaching possibilities now available.”
Sir Michael added: “Vice-chancellors or presidents of universities need to be asking each department and each part of 바카라사이트 university: ‘What’s so special about you - what makes you unique?’”
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, acknowledged that 바카라사이트re were “big challenges ahead” for 바카라사이트 higher education sector.
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