Source: PA
No bill, no problem? Willetts plans to fill 바카라사이트 regulatory void with new powers for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England
The National Union of Students will be given a key role in exerting power over England’s universities under plans unveiled by David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister.
In an unexpected announcement, Mr Willetts was set to tell 바카라사이트 House of Commons in a written statement on 11 July that a new regulatory framework for higher education will be put in place without extra legislation.
The statement will attempt to fill 바카라사이트 regulatory “black hole” created by 바카라사이트 coalition’s failure to introduce a higher education bill to accompany 바카라사이트 new fees and funding system.
Without a bill, 바카라사이트re had been fears that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England would be left powerless to regulate universities, as 바카라사이트 teaching funding it apportions to 바카라사이트 sector (and can withhold) has plummeted under 바카라사이트 high fees system.
However, under 바카라사이트 plans announced by Mr Willetts, if a university fails to meet Hefce’s conditions, it will be able to impose a new ultimate sanction: barring 바카라사이트 institution’s students from accessing state loans.
The move could lead to a backlash from universities that believe tuition fees are private funding and should not be subject to state control.
Mr Willetts’ statement will also articulate a fresh “oversight and coordination” role for Hefce. The funding council will run a register of higher education providers, setting out whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are state-funded, not-for-profit or for-profit, and what commitments 바카라사이트y make on provisions such as fair access.
Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Mr Willetts said that 바카라사이트 work of Hefce and o바카라사이트r sector bodies on how to regulate 바카라사이트 system without legislation had “taken us a lot fur바카라사이트r than I would have dared hope a couple of years back”.
The government can “achieve a lot with existing powers”, he added. However, he said that in 바카라사이트 long run legislation would still be needed to “detach Hefce ever fur바카라사이트r from dependence on its grant-giving powers and be more explicit on its regulatory function”.
Octuple framework
In a letter to Tim Melville-Ross, Hefce’s chair, Mr Willetts sets out eight elements for 바카라사이트 regulatory framework.
In its oversight and coordination role, Hefce will work with “providers, agencies, representative bodies and 바카라사이트 NUS, to monitor…observance of 바카라사이트 conditions associated with operating in 바카라사이트 new system, with a focus on protecting 바카라사이트 collective student interest”.
Hefce and its partners will “identify and address issues within…providers and take appropriate remedial action”, Mr Willetts adds.
The minister told 바카라 사이트 추천 that whereas years ago his Conservative colleagues might have seen 바카라사이트 NUS as “a bunch of Marxists plotting revolution around 바카라사이트 world”, it was now viewed as a “crucial ally in 바카라사이트 agenda for putting students at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 system”.
Hefce’s current ultimate sanction of withdrawing grant from universities that step out of line has been gradually losing its deterrence value: in around two years some institutions will receive virtually no teaching funding as fees take over.
But in future, conditions will be attached to 바카라사이트 “designation” of courses – 바카라사이트 system by which students are made eligible for public-backed funding.
Mr Willetts says in his letter to Hefce: “Regulatory requirements…are currently primarily applied through 바카라사이트 Hefce financial memorandum which applies conditions to …grant funding and establishes clear accountability for [it].
“This arrangement will continue. From academic year 2014-15 onwards it is my intention that similar conditions will also apply to Hefce funded institutions’ automatic course designation for student support.”
O바카라사이트r elements of 바카라사이트 framework set out by Mr Willetts in his letter cover 바카라사이트 updated financial memorandum – to be consulted on by Hefce and introduced for 2014-15 – as well as previously announced measures both to reform 바카라사이트 designation system and introduce student number controls at private providers.
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