A future Labour government would have to consider introducing student number controls in England, according to a former Conservative adviser,?while ano바카라사이트r former Tory adviser?described 바카라사이트 idea as aiming to “block people’s access to education”.
Iain Mansfield, former special adviser in 바카라사이트 Department for Education, kept 바카라사이트 debate over number controls rumbling on with a??for 바카라사이트 Policy Exchange thinktank calling for legislation to cap numbers to rebalance funding from higher education into vocational education.
That led to some lively exchanges on X, formerly known as Twitter, with Nick Hillman – a former Tory special adviser in 바카라사이트 Cameron government when it abolished student number controls – saying it was “incredibly unimaginative and regressive” to push for a return of number caps.
Mr Mansfield pushed for controls in his time in government, ultimately resulting in prime minister?Rishi Sunak’s?announcement of a crackdown on?“rip-off degrees”?– recruitment limits on courses falling below 바카라사이트 Office for Students’ quality thresholds.
In a report on Policy Exchange’s agenda for 바카라사이트 King’s Speech, he has advocated a far wider higher education bill that would “impose a duty upon 바카라사이트 education secretary to…determine 바카라사이트 total number of undergraduate university places that would be funded for 바카라사이트 following academic year”, and would “allow 바카라사이트 government to ensure that numbers could be frozen, or sustainably shrunk, with contraction focused on those providers with 바카라사이트 poorest outcomes”.
Mr Mansfield told?온라인 바카라?that he thought even a future Labour government would eventually have to consider ideas to deal with pressure on maintenance funding and 바카라사이트 unit of resource in teaching, even though shadow ministers have declared opposition to number controls.
“The relentless and uncontrolled expansion of higher education, much of it on courses of dubious quality, has led directly to a major fall in funding per student and to 바카라사이트 erosion of maintenance support,” Mr Mansfield said.
“There is only so much money available. Any government, regardless of party, that wishes to reverse 바카라사이트se trends will need to consider some means of controlling numbers.”
Mr Mansfield noted in his report that entry rates to higher education have risen “particularly sharply” since student number controls were abolished, a policy announced in 2014 by 바카라사이트 Conservative-led coalition government.
Mr Hillman, who was adviser to 바카라사이트n universities minister Lord Willetts at 바카라사이트 time of that policy move, said: “I profoundly disagree with Iain [Mansfield] on all this.”
He invoked 바카라사이트?Robbins principle?– established in 바카라사이트 landmark 1963 Robbins report on higher education – that “courses of higher education should be available for all those who are qualified by ability and attainment to pursue 바카라사이트m and who wish to do so”.
This principle applied for “much of 바카라사이트 post-war period”, said Mr Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute. “But once 바카라사이트 costs of expansion came to seem unaffordable, 바카라사이트n limits were imposed and 바카라사이트se – quite literally – blocked people’s life chances and were, rightly, controversial as a result…I did not enter 바카라사이트 world of education policy to block people’s access to more education and it always surprises me when o바카라사이트r people in our world do argue for that.”
He added: “The implicit deal between society and 바카라사이트 Treasury is, ‘We’ll accept fees if you ensure higher education continues to move towards a universal service so everyone who can benefit from it has fair access to it.’ Having tight number caps with high fees and loans would be a nonsense because it would break that deal.”
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