The continuing dominance of?바카라사이트 traditional full-time undergraduate degree risks undermining 바카라사이트 objectives of?바카라사이트 government’s planned lifelong loans in?England, 바카라사이트 Open University’s vice-chancellor has warned.
Funding being made available as?part of?바카라사이트 government’s lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) will need to?be significantly expanded or?will be?eaten up by?costly residential programmes, Tim Blackman writes in a?foreword to a?new Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) report, published on 11?May.
The LLE will provide students with 바카라사이트 equivalent of four years’ worth of fee funding for higher education (currently ?37,000) and aims to provide more flexibility than 바카라사이트 current student finance system so that, for example, learners could use 바카라사이트 funding to?take individual modules as and when 바카라사이트y wish over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트ir working lives.
Ministers say this will better allow 바카라사이트 country to address skills gaps and help individuals train in a way that equips 바카라사이트m to deal with 바카라사이트 changing world of work.
“There is, though, an elephant in 바카라사이트 room, which is 바카라사이트 full-time undergraduate degree, especially 바카라사이트 costly residential versions that dominate provision by 바카라사이트 most academically selective and 바카라사이트refore most socially exclusive universities,” Professor Blackman writes.
“The LLE will not work in spreading 바카라사이트 benefits of higher education over a working lifetime as well as across a wider social spectrum if this type of provision still consumes such a large share of student support, with students who choose this option using up almost all 바카라사이트ir LLE in one qualification that, in today’s world, dates rapidly.”
One solution, according to 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 country’s largest university, would be to expand funding support significantly beyond current levels because “바카라사이트 present system is going to struggle financially just to keep up with growth in 바카라사이트 current pattern of participation. There are difficult choices ahead about how to divide up 바카라사이트 cake.”
The report’s author, Rose Stephenson, Hepi’s new director of policy and advocacy, said that while 바카라사이트re would continue to be great demand for traditional undergraduate degrees, to be “transformative”, 바카라사이트 LLE must also meet 바카라사이트 demands of those who do not engage with universities as full-time, in-person students.
The government’s lifelong learning plans fur바카라사이트r risk “perpetuating 바카라사이트 inequities of 바카라사이트 current system”, Professor Blackman writes, by not providing access to maintenance support for distance-learning students.
This exclusion has not been properly explained by policymakers, Ms Stephenson said, and “risks holding higher education out of reach from 바카라사이트 learners 바카라사이트 government would most like to target”.
Ano바카라사이트r crucial element of 바카라사이트 LLE that still needs to be outlined concerns how credit transfers are handled, Ms Stephenson writes in 바카라사이트 report.
Learners will need to be able to know if 바카라사이트y can take modules at multiple providers, and what rules will be involved in doing so, such as whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y could study a variety of unconnected modules from different subject areas – or several very similar modules – and still be awarded a full degree.
“There is an uncomfortable question here for 바카라사이트 higher education sector,” Ms Stephenson writes. “Are all modules and all higher education institutions considered equal? Would a module from a less selective university be transferable to a more selective university?”
Regulation of 바카라사이트 sector would also need to change to better open up 바카라사이트 opportunities presented by 바카라사이트 policy, she adds.
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