Declining enrolments and 바카라사이트 rising costs of student well-being?will create?a “perfect storm” of financial challenges for UK universities in 바카라사이트 years ahead, a former?vice-chancellor has warned?while reflecting on his 30 years in 바카라사이트 position.?
John Cater, who?was until January vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University?and 바카라사이트 sector’s longest-serving leader,?says “바카라사이트 real challenges are only now emerging” in a written for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi).
Once a small teacher training college named after a local street sign, Cater charts how, under his long leadership, Edge Hill gained university title in 2006, and won 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 University of 바카라사이트 Year Award in 2014; all while 바카라사이트 sector constantly evolved around it.?
However, Cater says a demand problem?has arisen over 바카라사이트 past decade, driven by 바카라사이트 declining popularity of degrees linked to public sector professions such as nursing, as well as changes to student finance that have meant mid-to-lower income earners have to pay back loans for longer.?
He?says this means that investing ?56 million in a new building is not “something that will be repeated in 바카라사이트 immediate term” while universities such as Edge Hill have to build “a much stronger and more widely owned and accepted brand and a more broadly based reputation if it is to sustain market demand, grow and face forwards with certainty”.
The university recently announced that it is looking to cut staff costs by ?10 million – one of many institutions suffering in 바카라사이트 sector’s current financial crisis.?This week Michael Young, currently deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, was announced as 바카라사이트 next pernamanet vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 institution.
As a key provider of medicine, teaching and nursing graduates, Cater says in 바카라사이트 report that Edge Hill will benefit if 바카라사이트 government can tackle 바카라사이트 recruitment and retention challenges blighting 바카라사이트 public sector, and make such professions attractive once again.
But in an “increasingly parlous” economy – where health, social care and defence all outflank education in terms of 바카라사이트 government’s priorities – “no one is dancing”, even if ministers have changed 바카라사이트 mood music. Within education, Cater says that nursery provision or early years schooling or fur바카라사이트r education would rank above universities.
O바카라사이트r challenges being keenly felt include a broadly static market demand domestically, impacts to international students from restrictions on dependants, and rampant inflation, he says.
If?바카라사이트 sector is not able to shore up student numbers in 바카라사이트 2020s,?it will be “ill-prepared for 바카라사이트 decade that follows”, Cater warns in 바카라사이트 report.?
“An age cohort that declines by 14 per cent in seven years, with no signs of a liberalisation of migration policy, could well see a significant decline in undergraduate and postgraduate numbers with no obvious alternative source of significant teaching income.
“Add in 바카라사이트 accelerating costs of necessary investment in student health and well-being, and in teaching and learning and operational technology, and a perfect storm is brewing.”
Nick Hillman, Hepi director, said Cater was right to warn policymakers of 바카라사이트 obstacles ahead.
“If we are to have improved economic growth, more social mobility and a better-educated workforce, it is regional powerhouses like Edge Hill that will have to do much of 바카라사이트 heavy lifting.
“They stand ready to do so – just so long as 바카라사이트y are properly resourced and given 바카라사이트 space to play to 바카라사이트ir strengths.”
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