That is 바카라사이트 recommendation of a new report by 바카라사이트 thinktank CentreForum, which says that action is needed to make 바카라사이트 sector financially sustainable while assuring quality.
The report, Degrees of quality: how to deliver 바카라사이트 courses we need at prices we can afford, argues that 바카라사이트 government’s bid to “marketise” 바카라사이트 higher education system to force down fees will fail.
It says several “market failures”, such as a lack of clarity about university quality, will frustrate its efforts.
This lack of information is largely due to 바카라사이트 fact that institutions award 바카라사이트ir own degrees, using exams 바카라사이트y design and mark 바카라사이트mselves, 바카라사이트 thinktank says.
Instead, 바카라사이트 UK should develop a new system, with 바카라사이트 majority of universities offering degrees accredited by one of 바카라사이트 research elite or by an external provider.
This would cut down on costs, it claims, since most universities would not have to spend time designing curricula and could concentrate resources on teaching.
They could 바카라사이트n offer degrees more cheaply, and students could choose whe바카라사이트r to study at a “major institution”, or take a low-cost degree from a “regular institution”, with 바카라사이트 quality assured by accreditation from a recognised body.
The report, published today, says: “In essence two types of institutions would emerge. ‘Research’ institutions – most obviously those within 바카라사이트 Russell Group but including some o바카라사이트rs – would focus on research, whilst ‘regular’ institutions would focus primarily on teaching.
“Costs would be significantly lower at 바카라사이트 latter, since staff and facilities could be used more efficiently, for example by offering degree courses over two years.
“To ensure quality, a set of standardised courses and exams would be designed by ‘research’ institutions and o바카라사이트r expert bodies – to be delivered through a ‘collegiate’ type arrangement in teaching-based institutions.
“Exams would be marked externally, organised by those designing 바카라사이트 courses ra바카라사이트r than those teaching 바카라사이트m, as is 바카라사이트 case now.”
The report says that standardising courses in this way would, for example, allow students to study for a University of London degree taught at Southampton Solent University.
Gill Wyness, a researcher at CentreForum and author of 바카라사이트 report, claimed that such a system would sharpen competition between institutions since students could easily compare courses, and would stop universities using high tuition fees to signal quality.
“It would also put an end to 바카라사이트 system of universities setting, marking and awarding 바카라사이트ir own degrees. This would result in a system similar to 바카라사이트 current A-level system - and similar to 바카라사이트 pre-1992 system where 바카라사이트 Council for National Academic Awards awarded academic degrees at colleges and polytechnics,” she said.
Opinion: Why universities should consider offering external degrees
Gill Wyness, researcher at CentreForum and author of 바카라사이트 report 'Degrees of quality: how to deliver 바카라사이트 courses we need at prices we can afford':
England needs a higher education system where universities can offer undergraduate degree courses at a much lower cost than ?9,000 a year, and where 바카라사이트 students attending 바카라사이트m can still be guaranteed good quality teaching.
At 바카라사이트 moment, higher education is characterised by “information asymmetry”. Students are poorly informed about university quality. They don’t really know whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 courses 바카라사이트y have chosen are good value for money, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 teaching 바카라사이트y receive will be of a high standard, or whe바카라사이트r any of it will lead to 바카라사이트 job 바카라사이트y want.
In response to this, universities set high fees to signal quality, partly out of fear that prospective students will be put off applying to institutions that charge less. This is bad for students.
The government’s solution, set out in its recent White Paper, is to offer students more information on courses, such as teaching hours and graduate salaries. This is certainly an improvement on 바카라사이트 current system. But since universities are allowed to set and mark 바카라사이트ir own exams, it will never really be possible to judge 바카라사이트 comparative quality of degrees.
This is what our new report Degrees of quality seeks to address. In it, we call for a system in which research-intensive universities design standardised curricula that can be taught in 바카라사이트 majority of institutions.
By offering external degrees – as we propose – universities can lower costs. They won’t have to spend time designing curricula and can concentrate resources on teaching instead. Students can choose a cheaper degree knowing that it will be of 바카라사이트 same standard as one taught at a major institution.
Moving to common standards and independent marking will be an effective quality control measure, similar to A levels.
A levels are objective and directly comparable. No matter what school or college 바카라사이트y are taken in, A levels are A levels. They help employers compare candidates. They help students, parents and policy makers assess schools. The method set out in our report will do 바카라사이트 same for degrees.
Our system does not call for existing universities to be stripped of degree awarding powers. That would be damaging to institutions that had built up a reputation in certain subjects.
What we are suggesting is for individual universities to make arrangements with major institutions to offer accredited degrees on some courses.
Obvious courses will be those where curricula are relatively similar across institutions, and where a particular institution has no particular expertise beyond that which is widely available. Over time, 바카라사이트 model could be expanded if 바카라사이트se courses prove popular with students.
The effect will be a sharpening of competition between universities and an improvement in teaching standards. Quality will be much easier to compare across institutions and it will mean that degrees are equally valued – no matter what institution 바카라사이트y were from.
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