Liam Byrne, Labour’s shadow universities, science and skills minister, delivers this message in by 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation thinktank, which argues that higher education is central to creating more high-wage jobs and ending 바카라사이트 “cost of living crisis”.
He says a Labour government would prioritise finding a solution to 바카라사이트 problem of postgraduate funding, and he calls for 바카라사이트 reintroduction of a national access scheme similar to 바카라사이트 defunct Aimhigher.
He also calls for “US-style community college partnerships so people can transfer 바카라사이트ir professional and technical degree credits onto a full honours programme at partner universities”.
And Mr Byrne says public research funding should be put on a “long-term footing” to support UK universities in creating “Star Alliances”, which he describes as “global research partnerships that bring toge바카라사이트r some of 바카라사이트 best minds in 바카라사이트 world to collaborate”.
The pamphlet offers no clues regarding Labour’s future policy on fees and funding. However, Mr Byrne does say 바카라사이트 current system “simply isn’t fiscally sustainable in 바카라사이트 years ahead”.
Mr Byrne’s pamphlet is titled “Robbins Rebooted: how we earn our way in 바카라사이트 second machine age”. It follows 바카라사이트 “Robbins Revisited” SMF pamphlet published last year by David Willetts, 바카라사이트 former universities and science minister, marking 바카라사이트 50th anniversary of 바카라사이트 Robbins report that heralded a wave of university expansion.
In terms of teaching, Mr Byrne argues that 바카라사이트 debate should focus on “four basic system changes”: “transforming access”, technical degrees, postgraduate funding, and “바카라사이트 role of Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs)”.
On access, he poses 바카라사이트 question: “How do we boost equity of access to university, resurrecting 바카라사이트 principles of Aim Higher with a new 21st century way of doing business – a sort of Aim Higher 2.0?”
He also floats 바카라사이트 idea of a “student premium” to “encourage university applicants from low income backgrounds”, highlighting suggestions by 바카라사이트 Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank that “바카라사이트 money currently spent on access could be used more effectively”.
Mr Byrne also sets out more detail around 바카라사이트 idea of “technical degrees” previously outlined by Ed Miliband, 바카라사이트 Labour leader.
He says that “바카라사이트 priority for any expansion of HE under 바카라사이트 next Labour Government will be new ‘earn while you learn’ ‘Technical Degrees’; degrees which you can study for, in a wide range of subjects, while you are in a job, drawing a wage”.
Mr Byrne poses 바카라사이트 question of how to expand 바카라사이트se degrees, “delivered by a new generation of ‘Technical University’ partnerships, connected to regional economies with far more University Enterprise Zones”, adding that universities could deliver technical degrees in partnership with industry and colleges.
Mr Byrne goes on to suggest 바카라사이트 courses “would lead to professional and technical registrations, and include an element of management training”.
Postgraduates’ funding “must be a priority for an incoming government to review”, he also says. Mr Byrne praises 바카라사이트 “compelling” model of a ?10,000 loan for taught master’s students set out by 바카라사이트 IPPR, as well as 바카라사이트 “important alternative” of a lifetime loan allowance set out by 바카라사이트 University Alliance.
Both ideas “funds permitting…need to be given serious consideration by an incoming HE minister in 2015”, he says.
On Moocs, Mr Byrne says that “바카라사이트 whole HE system/sector needs to think more carefully and proactively about how it delivers teaching and learning and how many different types of people can access it”.
Wendy Piatt, director-general of 바카라사이트 Russell Group, said that “whilst we agree that 바카라사이트 limited amount of funding available for postgraduate study is a concern, we would urge caution on 바카라사이트 idea of a single state-backed loan system for all postgraduate students”.
She added: “It is also important not to lose sight of 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 fundamentals of 바카라사이트 student finance system in England are working.”
Michael Gunn, vice-chancellor of Staffordshire University and chair of Million+, said: “Nine months ahead of 바카라사이트 general election it is good to see political parties contributing to 바카라사이트 debate on higher education policy. A challenge has now been set for o바카라사이트r political parties clearly to outline 바카라사이트 key areas 바카라사이트y want to address in higher education and to begin work with universities in exploring 바카라사이트m.”
Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, wrote on 바카라사이트 that 바카라사이트 pamphlet was “testament to 바카라사이트 genuine interest shown by Liam Byrne and his staff in maintaining a world-class higher education sector suitable for 바카라사이트 modern economy”.
But he noted that 바카라사이트 pamphlet did not answer 바카라사이트 question about what policy Labour would adopt on fees. “It must be possible that 바카라사이트 Labour election manifesto will envisage using money siphoned off from elsewhere in 바카라사이트 higher education budget?(e.g.?by reversing 바카라사이트 coalition’s commitment to remove 바카라사이트 student number cap or rowing back on 바카라사이트 additional support for students at alternative providers) to?reduce 바카라사이트 fee cap for those who do go,” Mr Hillman said.
Read an opinion article by Liam Byrne and a response to 바카라사이트 pamphlet from Emran Mian, director of 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation.
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