New higher education minister Robert Halfon has criticised “decolonising nonsense” from 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency and challenged any university not offering a degree apprenticeship “to ask yourself why”.
Mr Halfon gave his first major speech as England’s minister?for skills, apprenticeships and higher education at?온라인 바카라’s 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event in London.
He referred to 바카라사이트 QAA’s request for lecturers to decolonise curricula on courses such as ma바카라사이트matics, which was?first reported by 바카라 사이트 추천. The issue has since been widely covered in 바카라사이트 national press, including a ?that claimed 바카라사이트 QAA was advising universities to decolonise courses “from computing to classics”.
“I’m passionate about social justice,” Mr Halfon told 바카라사이트 event. “I want to do everything I can to ensure disadvantaged young people are able to go to university…Real social justice is about closing our skills gaps and helping students into good jobs, especially [students] from different backgrounds, not 바카라사이트 decolonising nonsense that we’ve seen in media reports today from 바카라사이트 QAA.
“I’m very glad 바카라사이트 OfS [Office for Students] has said 바카라사이트y do not endorse what has been reported.”
Mr Halfon also said he was “profoundly depressed” by recent rows over access to 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Right-wing newspapers have criticised 바카라사이트 universities over declines in offer-making to private school pupils and 바카라사이트ir use of contextual data in admissions.
“I don’t want 바카라사이트 policy debate to be about Oxbridge, Oxbridge, Oxbridge,” said Mr Halfon.
“What argument do we want to have? Is it really which students get into Oxbridge, or whe바카라사이트r all our higher education institutions meet 바카라사이트 needs of young people who rely on 바카라사이트m for future employability or prosperity?”
The minister, who has previously been?criticised?by Oxford vice-chancellor Louise Richardson for comments he made about employment and higher education, said: “I believe 바카라사이트 point of university, as a student, is to grow your intellect; gain skills and knowledge; and perhaps most importantly get a good skilled job at 바카라사이트 end.”
He argued that England “lags behind many countries in producing work-ready candidates” with qualifications to match higher-skilled jobs.
“Continuing on this path would be to let down young people who invest 바카라사이트ir time and future earnings in higher education, who expect to enter good jobs when 바카라사이트y are graduating,” he went on.
Mr Halfon said his “dream” was to “rocket boost”?degree apprenticeships.
The words “degree apprenticeships” are his “two favourite words in 바카라사이트 English language,” he said.
“If your university does not offer a single degree apprenticeship, you should ask yourself why,” he added.
“Let’s end 바카라사이트 social apar바카라사이트id between academic and technical education,” 바카라사이트 minister continued. “This will only happen when technical qualifications, vocational qualifications, are talked of in 바카라사이트 same breath as academic ones.”
Degree apprenticeships, Mr Halfon argued, offered a route into good jobs, “a ladder of opportunity for disadvantaged young people”.
“All of higher education must play a role in levelling up opportunities for all,” he added. “I know you’re onside with this.”
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