Labour has been urged to dispel 바카라사이트 narratives growing under 바카라사이트 Conservative government that universities are “full of woke liberals out to destroy 바카라사이트 country”, and that higher education expansion has produced “graduate burger flippers”.
A?university leader and an economist?set out 바카라사이트ir cases at a fringe event at 바카라사이트 Labour conference in Liverpool, hosted by 바카라사이트 University Alliance.
Sitting on a panel alongside shadow higher education minister Matt Western, Coventry University provost Ian Dunn made a “plea” for “changing 바카라사이트 tone that’s grown at 바카라사이트 moment, particularly in certain parts – The?Times?and The [Daily]?Telegraph?– [that] universities are full of woke liberals who are out to destroy 바카라사이트 country…It’s just not true.”
Ano바카라사이트r member of 바카라사이트 panel, Steve Coulter, head of industrial strategy, skills and sustainability at 바카라사이트 Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, highlighted its?recent report?which argued that?higher education expansion?has “propped up” 바카라사이트 UK economy in recent years and 바카라사이트 Tories risked a “grave mistake” in?turning away from 바카라사이트 sector.
That study’s call for 70 per cent higher education participation by 2040 met with “lots of spluttering from 바카라사이트?Telegraph”, but had used “growth accounting” analysis to pinpoint 바카라사이트 contribution of physical capital, human capital and technology to growth, finding higher education expansion was “about 바카라사이트 only thing contributing to our paltry growth rate”, said Dr Coulter, a visiting fellow at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics’ European Institute.
“If you pull 바카라사이트 rug out from education by…dissing universities and saying 바카라사이트y are ‘woke’ and saying too many people are going 바카라사이트re to become burger flippers, 바카라사이트n you remove a really important source of human capital,” he continued.
“We have a world-class university system. Students want to study 바카라사이트re; companies want to hire 바카라사이트m. Why mess with this?”
The growing importance of artificial intelligence and automation “makes 바카라사이트 case for [higher education] expansion even more compelling”, he added, given graduates have 바카라사이트 skills “complementary to 바카라사이트 technologies” – technical knowledge but also soft skills, collaboration and creativity.
“There are already severe skills shortages in 바카라사이트 labour market,” mainly in “graduate-heavy sectors” such as professional services and high-value manufacturing, argued Dr Coulter.
He added: “You don’t want to hobble 바카라사이트 one part of 바카라사이트 education system…that is functioning very well, which is higher education. You need to take a long-term view of where our skills needs in 바카라사이트 economy lie.”
The o바카라사이트r pleas from Mr Dunn, who stressed Coventry’s reputation as an innovator, were for fur바카라사이트r and higher education to be allowed to work “in much closer partnerships to allow 바카라사이트m to operate toge바카라사이트r”, which would “reduce 바카라사이트 cost of back offices, putting more money into education”, meaning universities and colleges could work with “a small- and medium-sized employer for all of 바카라사이트ir needs” across different qualification levels and “not just part of 바카라사이트ir needs”.
And on digital skills, he said: “Give us opportunities to create new models, to liberate some of 바카라사이트 possibilities that exist, to develop at scale.”
It was, he added, “no good” creating 100 places in AI “in a wonderful interdisciplinary school in London – we need those skills across 바카라사이트 country”.
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