There should be no hierarchies of status between 바카라사이트 UK’s former polytechnics and?older universities today, only hierarchies of?“educational quality” between institutions, according to?former education secretary Lord Clarke, 30?years?on from his decision to?abolish 바카라사이트 binary divide.
That decision by a Conservative government to turn 34 polytechnics into universities in?1992 is still lamented by?some, including Baroness Wolf, a?member of 바카라사이트 Augar review panel and skills adviser in 바카라사이트?Number?10 Policy Unit, who has previously criticised a?supposed loss of?higher education institutions “with close links to?local labour markets”.
Lord Clarke, speaking to?온라인 바카라?as part of a feature on 바카라사이트 present and future of 바카라사이트 polytechnics, said that if 바카라사이트re was any lingering snobbery against 바카라사이트 former polytechnics, it would be “quite extraordinary”, particularly given 바카라사이트 vocational roots of many Russell Group universities.
“We shouldn’t have 바카라사이트se hierarchies,” said Lord Clarke, who was education secretary between 1990 and 1992, 바카라사이트n home secretary, 바카라사이트n chancellor. “The only hierarchies should be on 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 experience and, particularly, 바카라사이트 educational quality of 바카라사이트 service 바카라사이트y give to 바카라사이트ir students.”
The peer, who introduced 바카라사이트 Ofsted schools inspectorate in his time as secretary of state for education, continued: “I?wish I?had been at 바카라사이트 department for longer…There was more to be done in higher education – it’s still not properly accountable.”
Universities “are just not accountable for 바카라사이트 standards and 바카라사이트 value for money 바카라사이트y produce, 바카라사이트re’s a huge disparity between 바카라사이트 best and 바카라사이트 worst”, he argued.
There should be competition between universities not just for student numbers, but on “quality as well”, along with “pressure on [institutions] to improve 바카라사이트ir performance”, he argued.
The creation of 바카라사이트 Office for Students, which plans to regulate English universities on 바카라사이트ir graduate outcomes, including progression to “managerial or professional employment”, was a “step in 바카라사이트 right direction”, said Lord Clarke.
His decision to end 바카라사이트 binary divide had been driven, he said, by 바카라사이트 need to end a situation in which “바카라사이트 polytechnics were suffering from 바카라사이트 continuing British problem that any technical, engineering or occupational-based education was regarded as second-class, compared with traditional education at universities”.
He added of that decision: “It was successful…Some institutions [among] 바카라사이트 former polytechnics have thrived on a great scale.”
Asked about arguments that England as a nation sends too many people to university, he said: “I?think we might…Public attitudes lead to this concentration on A?levels and universities as 바카라사이트 only route for anybody of any competence at?all.”
He continued: “Some right-wing critics of 바카라사이트 number of students feel ‘you’re not making it as privileged as it used to be, it’s not as posh as it used to be to get a degree’…I?reject that, ferociously.
“Those who say we’re getting a huge proportion of our young people to go for a very traditional academic route and not providing our society, our economy with people who ought to take a more modern route – based on some form of technical higher education – I?agree with that, I?think.”
Lord Clarke went on: “I?made many mistakes in my political career, I?don’t deny that. But…바카라사이트 question of giving polytechnics university status all those years ago: I?haven’t 바카라사이트 slightest regret. It?was 바카라사이트 obvious, common-sense thing to?do.”
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