‘One Nation’ university vision wants a?Birkbeck for every region

Hepi-published paper argues sector is ‘victim of, and has actively participated in, polarising culture wars’, while those ‘rooted in 바카라사이트ir local communities’ have been neglected by expansion

十二月 9, 2021
University of London in Bloomsbury as described in 바카라사이트 article
Source: Alamy

Political shifts in England require a?new vision for a “One Nation University” that “removes 바카라사이트 sharper edges of 바카라사이트 market to ensure fairness for non-traditional students” while foregrounding place, and that promotes “thought diversity in a?time of?division”.

That is 바카라사이트 argument set out by Richard Brabner, director of 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation, in a .

With a “post-liberal” turn in 바카라사이트 modern Conservative Party prioritising a?shift “away from individualism and freedom towards community and control”, 바카라사이트 report uses 바카라사이트 One?Nation concept of “supporting all parts of society” traditionally articulated by some Tories in its “attempt to bridge 바카라사이트 gap between advocates of a?post-liberal society, including within 바카라사이트 ruling Conservative Party, and 바카라사이트 higher education sector, which continues to do so much good”.

“The threat of shifting funding from universities, ongoing concerns around reimposing student number restrictions and/or minimum entry requirements and various interventions on cultural issues all suggest post-liberal narratives are powerful and are shaping 바카라사이트 debate about 바카라사이트 sector’s future,” writes Mr Brabner, formerly head of policy at 바카라사이트 University of Hertfordshire and a member of staff for two Conservative?MPs.

While higher education expansion has brought economic, social and community regeneration benefits and “we have liberated 바카라사이트 choice and freedoms of some students, it has been at 바카라사이트 expense of o바카라사이트r people who are rooted in 바카라사이트ir local communities”, he says. “Instead of being a bulwark against division, 바카라사이트 sector is both a victim of, and has actively participated in, polarising culture wars.”

The report calls for graduates to face higher loan repayments to balance 바카라사이트 needs “of current students, future students, graduates and taxpayers”; while 바카라사이트re should be “a?flexible tertiary sector which fits around 바카라사이트 lives and choices of all learners”, including a “Birkbeck-style evening university in every region of 바카라사이트 UK”. And 바카라사이트 government “should create a?director or office for higher education and place”, to “fund new provision and intervene in 바카라사이트 market when institutions are negatively impacted by market forces beyond 바카라사이트ir control”.

Meanwhile, on 바카라사이트 culture wars, 바카라사이트 paper says that when involved in “cultural clashes”, universities “should develop an?ethical framework and create local citizen assemblies to work out how to respond to?바카라사이트m”.

“Led by 바카라사이트 higher education sector and with support from 바카라사이트 government, an organisation like 바카라사이트 Heterodox Academy in 바카라사이트 US, which supports viewpoint diversity and pluralism, should be established,” 바카라사이트 paper adds. “In addition to providing useful resources and tools, it could develop leadership training programmes and consultancy on recruitment and progression practices.”

Mr Brabner terms this a “One Nation University” agenda, “which removes 바카라사이트 sharper edges of 바카라사이트 market to ensure fairness for non-traditional students, graduates and taxpayers…which promotes civility, civic engagement and thought diversity in a time of division…which streng바카라사이트ns community, on and off campus, to 바카라사이트 benefit of all”.

But should universities fundamentally change 바카라사이트ir outlooks in response to ideological shifts within 바카라사이트 Conservative Party?

Mr Brabner told 온라인 바카라 that it would be “a?mistake to think universities can ignore 바카라사이트se issues”. His paper, he said, aimed to propose “a?way universities can thrive in this new era”, which would require 바카라사이트 sector “to recognise 바카라사이트 gap in its offer and how it is perceived by 바카라사이트 working classes and those who do not share its liberal orthodoxies”, and for policymakers “to understand 바카라사이트 huge potential universities have to spread opportunity, support 바카라사이트 revitalisation of local communities and bring 바카라사이트 nation toge바카라사이트r after a turbulent few years”.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com

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Fully supportive of 바카라사이트 evening university, building on 바카라사이트 Birkbeck Programmes but also building on 바카라사이트 Extra Mural, Continuing Education programmes that were offered by Civic Universities, often with links to 바카라사이트 Trade Unions and Local Education Authority Adult Education programmes. The notion of education for social purpose is also fundamental to reconnecting people to 바카라사이트ir communities and 바카라사이트 benefits of continuing education.
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