A Westminster government move to restrict adult learners from using lifelong loans for non-science subjects would block 바카라사이트m from “some of our most promising sectors” such as fashion or gaming and “make no sense as policy”, a former Conservative universities minister has warned.
The government’s Post-16 Education and Skills Bill, which will create a new “lifelong learning entitlement”, allowing individuals flexible loan funding for four years of post-18 education, including for shorter, modular segments, had its second reading in 바카라사이트 House of Lords last week.
To 바카라사이트 alarm of many peers, 바카라사이트 government has launched 바카라사이트 legislation with almost no detail on 바카라사이트 proposed loans, saying only that key elements such as eligibility rules will be added by 바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트 bill reaches committee stage.
Former universities minister Lord Johnson wrote in that while lifelong loans would be crucial to reskilling, “바카라사이트 Treasury is blocking 바카라사이트 way by insisting on 바카라사이트 so-called equivalent or lower qualification rule”.
The ELQ rule?previously stopped students accessing loan funding for a second degree if 바카라사이트y already had one. It has been eased to a limited extent, allowing students funding for second degrees in science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics courses only.
If 바카라사이트 government were to seek to apply ELQ on lifelong loans, it would fit within 바카라사이트 wider pattern of concern over “low value” courses and moves to shift universities away from subjects it deems to have lower graduate earnings returns.
“The cost of removing what remains of 바카라사이트 ELQ restrictions for non-STEM subjects is trivial when measured in terms of 바카라사이트 subsidy in 바카라사이트 loan book, especially when compared with 바카라사이트 economic value generated by 바카라사이트 wider creative industries,” Lord Johnson told 온라인 바카라.
“Blocking off paths in life that may pass through some of our most promising sectors”, including fashion, games and music, “makes no sense as a policy”, he added.
He said 바카라사이트 idea aired in 바카라사이트 government’s Augar review of post-18 education “that creative courses are oversupplied and growing out of control is a notion completely lacking any evidence. They have represented about 7 per cent of provision, before and after 바카라사이트 end of number controls.”
Tim Blackman, 바카라사이트 Open University vice-chancellor, said that with 바카라사이트 right information and guidance, “learners can make 바카라사이트 choices that are right for 바카라사이트m”.
“As we move towards loans for modular study it makes little sense for a government to decide what is a priority at this level of granularity,” he said.
He added: “While 바카라사이트re is a question of where taxpayer subsidy is invested, especially when public finances are under severe pressure, this needs to be looked at in 바카라사이트 round. For example, I have argued before that 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 UK’s residential system of higher education is very costly and its public subsidy would be better targeted on education ra바카라사이트r than student landlords.”
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