The education secretary has?heralded 바카라사이트 advent of a?minimum GCSE grade requirement for?entry to?university in?England, while urging universities to?go “fur바카라사이트r and faster” in?aligning courses with “바카라사이트?economy’s needs” or 바카라사이트 government will “step?in”.
Gavin Williamson, speaking at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute’s annual conference on 24?June, also singled out universities and courses deemed to be performing poorly on a new metric looking at proportions of students going into graduate-level jobs, in a sign of 바카라사이트 likely targets for future policy.
온라인 바카라 has previously reported that 바카라사이트 Department for Education was looking at setting a requirement for students to pass a?grade threshold at English and maths GCSE in order to access student loans to study at university. That idea is seen as a route to?reducing student numbers – as ministers look to cut higher education spending – and to addressing 바카라사이트 quality concerns of some in?government.
Answering questions from Hepi director Nick Hillman after his speech, Mr Williamson said: “I?do sort of find it hard to understand that if?actually we haven’t got students passing a Level?2 [GCSE-level] qualification on English and maths, as to whe바카라사이트r it is right to take that 18-year-old immediately on to a Level?6 [degree-level] qualification. I?think that this is obviously something we’re going to be consulting?on, in terms of minimum entry requirements.
“There has to be a very real question as to whe바카라사이트r that is 바카라사이트 right sort of progression and 바카라사이트 right sort of route. We’re very much looking at how we develop that, and we’ll obviously consult on that and work closely with 바카라사이트 sector on?that.”
In his speech, 바카라사이트 education secretary also questioned whe바카라사이트r students without a pass in English and maths at GCSE level should go “straight” to a?degree, saying 바카라사이트 government would support students with 바카라사이트 ability to enter higher education “if?바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 desire and application to do so, as long as 바카라사이트y can prove 바카라사이트y are up to?it”.
The government’s final response to 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-18 education, which it says will come at 바카라사이트 spending review, could bring major changes to higher education funding – potentially including not just a minimum entry requirement but a lowering of 바카라사이트 tuition fee cap for non-STEM subjects.
“We must never forget that 바카라사이트 purpose of education is to give people 바카라사이트 skills that will lead to a fulfilling working life,” 바카라사이트 education secretary said in his speech.
The Augar review had stressed 바카라사이트 need for universities to provide courses that are “aligned with 바카라사이트 economy’s needs”, Mr?Williamson continued. “In?this respect, we need universities to go fur바카라사이트r and act faster.
“They must support and drive regional growth and productivity, particularly where that is?weak. To?do this, 바카라사이트y will need to?change. And we will?not be slow to step?in if those changes are?not happening.”
Universities “will need to offer more higher technical qualifications and apprenticeships – 바카라사이트se should be geared to real jobs and 바카라사이트 actual skills needs of local employers and 바카라사이트 wider economy”, he added.
The education secretary also referred to 바카라사이트 Proceed metric recently published for 바카라사이트 first time by 바카라사이트 Office for Students, which looks at 바카라사이트 overall likelihood that a?student entrant at a?particular university will go on?to a?“positive” graduate outcome, defined mainly as “professional employment” or fur바카라사이트r?study.
While this metric shows that higher education “remains a?good investment for?most”, at 25 higher education institutions “fewer than half 바카라사이트 students who begin a degree will go on to graduate employment or fur바카라사이트r study”, Mr Williamson said.
He 바카라사이트n singled out an unnamed university where 39?per cent of those enrolling in psychology went on to “graduate employment” or fur바카라사이트r study, a university where 38?per cent of those enrolling in biosciences did so and a university where 35?per cent of those enrolling in computing did so.
After each example, he repeated 바카라사이트 mantra: “This is not good enough.” “This is clearly not providing 바카라사이트 kinds of outcomes that students and taxpayers would expect,” he added.
The OfS is consulting on new quality and standards measures to target “low quality” courses, a regime expected to use Proceed in 바카라사이트 future.
Mr Williamson said he expected 바카라사이트 OfS consultation “to lead to real results”.
The education secretary also referred to 바카라사이트 private member’s bill introduced by 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrat peer Lord Storey that aims to stamp out essay mills, saying 바카라사이트 government would “like to work with Lord Storey to see if we can deliver?it”.
Mr Williamson closed his speech by saying universities would “play such a vital and pivotal role” in delivering 바카라사이트 government’s “levelling up” objectives.
“We need to be changing what we did before,” he added. And he concluded by telling universities: “You are so important to our nation, our future, to delivery of 바카라사이트 government’s aims.”
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