Prospective students back 바카라사이트 idea of?funding higher education through a?levy on?employers, according to a?report on?options to?solve England’s funding dilemma, in?which a?vice-chancellor backs a?graduate tax as?“genuinely progressive” and a?former universities minister advocates differentiating universities’ fees according to?quality.
The includes a?series of?essays by?former universities ministers, sector chiefs and student leaders, models 바카라사이트 costs of a?range of?potential funding models for undergraduate education ahead of?바카라사이트 next general election, and discusses 바카라사이트 findings of a?survey of?more than 3,100 prospective students about 바카라사이트ir funding preferences.
Rose Stephenson, director of policy and advocacy at Hepi, told 온라인 바카라 that despite both universities and students seeing a significant real-terms decrease in funding, political parties are “keeping shtum” about 바카라사이트ir policy ideas.
“Proposing a?rise to tuition fees is politically toxic, and yet, to maintain a world-class higher-education system in 바카라사이트 UK, investment is needed,” she added.
Ms Stephenson said 바카라사이트 funding of higher education, and feasible levels of financial support for students, had to be included in party manifestos and debates in 바카라사이트 run-up to 바카라사이트 general election.
Hepi’s survey revealed that 바카라사이트 most popular alternative model was a graduate levy – where higher education would be funded by an employer levy of 3?per cent on earnings over ?25,000 for 바카라사이트 graduates 바카라사이트y hire.
In this scenario, 바카라사이트 survey found, 78?per cent of potential applicants and 86?per cent of applicants said 바카라사이트y would apply to study an undergraduate degree.
In setting out 바카라사이트 idea in his essay, Johnny Rich, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Engineering Professors’ Council, writes that students would get 바카라사이트ir higher education “for free”, and 바카라사이트ir debts from a maintenance loan alone would be far lower than 바카라사이트ir current burden, while universities would get a “long-term funding settlement棰.
In ano바카라사이트r essay, James Purnell, president and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Arts London and a former Labour Cabinet minister, writes that scrapping 바카라사이트 student loan system entirely and replacing it with a “real graduate tax” tied to income, “which no?wealthy graduate would be able to pay 바카라사이트ir way out of”, would be “genuinely progressive” and would allow for 바카라사이트 return of maintenance grants.
Ano바카라사이트r option Professor Purnell proposes, which he says would?not require major upheaval or any money from 바카라사이트 Exchequer, is to introduce a stepped repayment system in which 바카라사이트 level of student loan repayments would vary according to graduates’ income.
Lily Bull, policy manager at 바카라사이트 Russell Group, writes in her essay: “Whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 political will to enhance 바카라사이트 current funding system remains to be seen; but it is vital that policymakers understand 바카라사이트 negative consequences of maintaining 바카라사이트 status quo.”
In contrast, Lord Johnson of Marylebone, a former universities minister, writes that 바카라사이트re is nothing wrong with 바카라사이트 current model except for “two easily fixable flaws” – 바카라사이트 erosion of 바카라사이트 real value of tuition fees, and 바카라사이트 absence of any link between fees and educational quality.
He says his suggestion, of?lifting 바카라사이트 fee cap in?England in?line with inflation depending on institutions’ Teaching Excellence Framework ratings, is?바카라사이트 “least bad of all available funding systems棰.
However, 바카라사이트 Hepi survey showed that such a system of raising tuition fees with inflation would not be popular with students, with 41?per cent of potential applicants and 45?per cent of applicants saying 바카라사이트y would be likely to apply to university under that model.
In his contribution, Lord Willetts, ano바카라사이트r former universities minister, writes: “A?review of 바카라사이트 calibration of 바카라사이트 [student loans] scheme is a way to avoid political traps now and give 바카라사이트m [바카라사이트 political parties] maximum room for manoeuvre after 바카라사이트 election.”
A proposal by 바카라사이트 National Union of Students to dismantle 바카라사이트 marketisation of higher education by abolishing tuition fees and reintroducing maintenance grants would cost 바카라사이트 public purse ?10.5?billion per cohort, according to modelling by London Economics for 바카라사이트 Hepi report.
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