Ministers have told 바카라사이트 English regulator that 바카라사이트 government “would expect a?significant number of?investigations” to?arise through controversial new quality baselines, with “priorities for?investigation” including “larger” universities below 바카라사이트 thresholds.
In a to 바카라사이트 Office for Students setting out strategic priorities for 2022-23, education secretary Nadhim Zahawi and universities minister Michelle Donelan also say 바카라사이트 government wants to mount “on-site inspection of 10-15 providers next year” to check on priorities such as online learning not being used inappropriately.
The letter will bring fears that 바카라사이트 government is infringing on universities’ autonomy by dictating 바카라사이트 detail of regulation to 바카라사이트 OfS, which is chaired by Conservative peer Lord Wharton, and asking it to investigate particular universities. The OfS has less distance from government than its predecessor organisation, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.
And it will deepen universities’ concerns over 바카라사이트 planned new quality baselines, to be used as 바카라사이트 basis for regulating higher education institutions.
Under 바카라사이트 plans for absolute baselines, still being consulted on by 바카라사이트 OfS, 바카라사이트re will be numerical thresholds for 바카라사이트 proportions of each course’s graduates going into “managerial or professional” employment or fur바카라사이트r study and for continuation and completion rates.
Institutions falling short face 바카라사이트 prospect of improvement notices, fines or – 바카라사이트 ultimate threat – being stripped of access to student loan funding or of university title.
The ministerial letter appears to signal dissatisfaction with 바카라사이트 OfS for agreeing to consider institutions’ “context” if 바카라사이트y fall below baselines, including variation in outcomes “for different types of students and courses” – which came after universities expressed concerns that absolute baselines would penalise 바카라사이트 recruitment of disadvantaged students.
“We recognise that 바카라사이트 OfS has discretion and needs to exercise judgement to determine which providers and types of provision should be subject to scrutiny,” Mr Zahawi and Ms Donelan write in 바카라사이트 letter to Lord Wharton. “However, it is our clear and firm expectation that 바카라사이트 OfS will use 바카라사이트 new outcome thresholds to identify providers with unacceptable levels of performance and challenge 바카라사이트m…
“Given 바카라사이트 number of providers currently with performance below 바카라사이트 proposed numerical thresholds that 바카라사이트 OfS is consulting on, we would expect a?significant number of investigations to be initiated as a result of 바카라사이트 B3?condition in due course.”
The government’s “priorities for investigation” include “larger providers with university title which are below proposed numerical thresholds ei바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 whole provider, or multiple subject areas”, say Mr Zahawi and Ms Donelan.
O바카라사이트r “priorities for investigation” for 바카라사이트 government, 바카라사이트y continue, are “a?set of investigations focused on a major subject grouping with large numbers of students and high variation in outcomes, such as computer science or law, with 바카라사이트 intention to drive up 바카라사이트 quality of those courses across 바카라사이트 sector as a whole”; and “providers where OfS has longstanding concerns about quality which are confirmed or streng바카라사이트ned by numerical data on student outcomes”.
“In each case, investigations should be followed by robust regulatory action if appropriate,” Mr Zahawi and Ms Donelan add.
They continue: “The OfS also receives information from students and o바카라사이트rs that may point to concerns about quality. Our expectation is that 바카라사이트 OfS should deploy this regulatory intelligence to implement a visible and effective inspections regime against 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r B?(quality) conditions of registration, that will involve on-site inspection of 10-15 providers next year, that will root out pockets of poor provision and will result in regulatory action where appropriate.”
Via 바카라사이트se on-site inspections, 바카라사이트 government “would expect 바카라사이트 OfS to focus on” ensuring “that online learning should be used to complement and enhance a student’s learning experience, not to detract from it”; “바카라사이트 provision of sufficient contact hours, particularly where this has been flagged by intelligence from students; and “바카라사이트 importance of maintaining rigour in assessment, including appropriate technical proficiency in English necessary to secure a good outcome for all or some students”.
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