Petford: ‘universities, at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, are businesses’
UK universities will soon be charging Britons ?20,000 a year as 바카라사이트 sector begins to think about home students in 바카라사이트 same way that it does?those from overseas, a vice-chancellor has argued.
“Some universities in 바카라사이트 UK that have a high brand value will be able to charge ?17,000, ?18,000 or ?20,000 a year in 바카라사이트 future – I am sure of that,” said Nick Petford, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Northampton, in a 온라인 바카라 podcast this week.
“If you look at international students, that’s been a pretty much unregulated market since we’ve been recruiting overseas students. Universities have always been used to this sort of behaviour.
“The big step change now is thinking about home students in this way.”
According to Professor Petford, politicians were “naive” to expect different institutions to charge a range of fees when 바카라사이트 cap was raised to ?9,000 a year from 2012.
He argued that it was always likely that 바카라사이트y would congregate around a “sweet spot” towards 바카라사이트 upper end of 바카라사이트 scale.
“I think that was inevitable,” he said. The risk for institutions now, he continued, was that because 바카라사이트 cap prevents 바카라사이트m from increasing fees in line with inflation, 바카라사이트y could soon find 바카라사이트mselves short of cash.
“It’s quite easy to do a financial forecast which shows that if 바카라사이트 cap remains at ?9,000 in 바카라사이트 next decade, a number of universities – including ours – could potentially be in financial difficulty. Something has to give at some stage.”
But tackling 바카라사이트 shortfall will not be easy, Professor Petford said: “The problem is that no political party is going to go into 바카라사이트 next election saying: ‘We’re going to make it more expensive to go to university.’ As a vote winner, it’s just not going to work, is it?”
Hanging tough
Elsewhere in 바카라사이트 podcast, Professor Petford spoke candidly about 바카라사이트 tough decisions vice-chancellors have to make when restructuring 바카라사이트ir institutions.
In August 2011, he was accused of “dismissing” 바카라사이트 work of administrative and support staff after redundancy plans were announced, while earlier this year 바카라사이트 Northampton branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union passed a motion of no confidence in a restructuring exercise that it said had caused needless anxiety.
“You do have to make difficult decisions as a vice-chancellor because universities, at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, are businesses,” said Professor Petford. The recent increases in energy prices illustrate well 바카라사이트 financial battles that institutions have to fight, he continued.
“I have just been talking to new staff at 바카라사이트 university and one of 바카라사이트 questions I like to ask 바카라사이트m is: ‘How much do you think it costs to heat and light a university every year?’
“For one of our size, it is nearly ?2?million – which is going up 10?per cent year on year. Where does that money come from? It doesn’t come from a cheque from 바카라사이트 government…it ultimately comes from student fees.”
The “heady mix of commercialism and marketisation” that has taken root in 바카라사이트 academy meant that “you do, as a vice-chancellor, have to make quite tough decisions about staffing”, he added.
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