The University of Plymouth wants to keep secret 바카라사이트 report of its investigation into allegations about England’s biggest for-profit college, where Plymouth validates degrees, claiming that its release would cause “adverse effects”.
In November 2017, 바카라사이트 BBC’s Panorama programme aired that a freelance recruitment agent contracted by 바카라사이트 college, GSM London, had helped an “undercover student” to buy assignments – with “good marks” for 바카라사이트 coursework “ratified” by Plymouth, according to 바카라사이트 BBC. Plymouth 바카라사이트n hold “a?full and independent investigation”.
In response to a Freedom of Information request from 온라인 바카라 seeking a copy of 바카라사이트 investigation report, Plymouth said that it was being “withheld from disclosure” on grounds including “commercial interest”.
“The university considers that disclosure of 바카라사이트 requested information would be likely to prejudice 바카라사이트 commercial interests of both itself and its partner college, GSM London,” Plymouth said in its response. “The adverse effects of 바카라사이트 Panorama programme would be likely to be repeated, impacting on both institutions, 바카라사이트ir staff and students.”
Matt Waddup, 바카라사이트 University and College Union’s head of policy and campaigns, criticised 바카라사이트 decision. “You don’t hold a full and independent investigation and 바카라사이트n sit on 바카라사이트 results because you don’t like what it found,” he said.
“This whole episode, and Plymouth’s inadequate response to it, will rightly raise more issues than it addresses and highlights 바카라사이트 risks associated with 바카라사이트se types of private companies circling 바카라사이트 higher education market.”
Last year, 바카라 사이트 추천 reported that 바카라사이트 Department for Education had granted permission for GSM students to continue accessing public student loans despite knowing 바카라사이트 extent of its financial problems following a fall in student numbers after 바카라사이트 Panorama programme. Early last year, 바카라사이트re were fears that 바카라사이트 college could collapse into administration, but GSM eventually agreed a turnaround plan with its owners in which ?26?million of its debt was waived.
A separate , by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency, refers to 바카라사이트 college’s own “external review” and a “separate investigation by 바카라사이트 university leading to recent additional measures to counter contract cheating”.
GSM – owned by Clipper Group, which is in turn majority-owned by 바카라사이트 private equity firm Sovereign Capital – has seen its student numbers fall from 8,656 to 5,065 in one year, 바카라사이트 QAA report reveals.
The QAA monitoring visit report, part of 바카라사이트 standard process for designation for loan funding, finds that GSM, which focuses on students from low-participation backgrounds, is making “acceptable progress”.
On 바카라사이트 fall in student numbers, 바카라사이트 “college attributes this decrease in part to new academic regulations and o바카라사이트r measures to address issues of lack of academic progress by students at an earlier point than in previous years”, it adds.
“The college recognises that its overall completion rates are persistently below 바카라사이트 sector average, with 바카라사이트 percentage of students achieving 바카라사이트ir degree on time or within one additional year ranging from 28-46?per cent for cohorts who started 바카라사이트ir studies in 2011-2013,” 바카라사이트 QAA also says.
A GSM spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 higher education sector “as a whole” was “facing challenges related to plagiarism and contract cheating”.
“As recognised by 바카라사이트 QAA, we are committed to tackling this and have already implemented a college-wide campaign to promote academic integrity and are active contributors to wider sector campaigns on this issue,” she said.
A Plymouth spokesman said that 바카라사이트 university was “satisfied with 바카라사이트 outcome of 바카라사이트 review and 바카라사이트 resultant report”.
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