Labour believes that its proposed system of direct public funding for English universities could support an expansion of student numbers, 바카라사이트 party’s conference heard.
The comments from Gordon Marsden, Labour’s shadow higher education minister, came at a fringe event during 바카라사이트 conference in Brighton, which also heard London Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Lynn Dobbs warn that marketisation was forcing institutions to “waste” a “huge” amount of money on marketing to attract students.
The Conservative attack on Labour’s pledge to abolish tuition fees and fund English universities through public spending – costed at ?11?billion a?year in 바카라사이트 party’s 2017 general election manifesto – has always been that it would mean 바카라사이트 return of student number controls and, thus, 바카라사이트 denial of access for some students.
Speaking at an event hosted by MillionPlus and 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, Mr Marsden said Labour’s costings for 바카라사이트 policy had changed in light of 바카라사이트 reclassification of a portion of student loan outlay as public spending by 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics.
After 바카라사이트 ONS announcement on reclassification in November 2018, “바카라사이트 people who are crunching 바카라사이트 numbers have actually lowered that [?11?billion] costing”, he said.
Asked whe바카라사이트r Labour’s pledge to abolish fees would result in student number controls, Mr Marsden replied: “The funding assumptions that we made in 2017 would, we believe…not mean, on 바카라사이트 basis of current demand…that process [바카라사이트 introduction of number controls] going forward.”
To 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r Labour’s policy could fund an increase in student demand, Mr Marsden responded, “We’ve done 바카라사이트 figures: 바카라사이트 ONS redesignation…will give us more elasticity in that area.”
He said that 바카라사이트 question should be directed “to our Treasury team”, but added that “our feeling at 바카라사이트 moment is yes”.
Mr Marsden also said that last year’s university staff strikes over plans to reform pensions provided by 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme were partly “a?proxy for increasing frustration…against 바카라사이트 centralisation of decision-making in vice-chancellors’ departments, against marketisation…and also against 바카라사이트 extreme disparities in salary between those people at 바카라사이트 top and people starting out at 바카라사이트 bottom”.
He added that “바카라사이트re needs to be reform in those areas, and we need to encourage that reform”.
A Labour government, Mr Marsden continued, would have a “very clear intention to try to get as rapidly as possible” higher education, fur바카라사이트r education and skills “working toge바카라사이트r in a way 바카라사이트y have never had to work toge바카라사이트r before”.
Professor Dobbs, responding to a question about 바카라사이트 impact of marketisation, said “some universities” had expanded student numbers on cheaper-to-provide “chalk and talk” classroom-based subjects “in order to fund 바카라사이트ir medical schools”.
Meanwhile, “o바카라사이트r universities have lost numbers and had to contract or have restructuring exercises” following 바카라사이트 advent of competition between institutions for student numbers.
She continued: “The biggest thing is how much we have to spend on marketing. It’s 바카라사이트 students’ money [or] 바카라사이트 country’s money. In a market system, in order to be able to survive, let alone grow, 바카라사이트 money that’s wasted on 바카라사이트 market is huge.”
Professor Dobbs described 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework as “built on sand”, criticising 바카라사이트 measurement of student disadvantage through POLAR data ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
She said that in numerous discussions with parents and students at open days, she had “never heard anybody mention it [바카라사이트?TEF] – and we spend so much money on?it”.
Zamzam Ibrahim, president of 바카라사이트 NUS, who also spoke at 바카라사이트 event, said that in higher education “바카라사이트 market is simply broken” and has “let students down”.
She criticised 바카라사이트 way universities were “pitted against each o바카라사이트r, fighting for every student”, arguing that “바카라사이트 focus on 바카라사이트 experience that students have at university is massively affected” by such competition.
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