Tory plans to tackle “low-quality courses” in England could mean cutting loan support or making universities bear costs for courses deemed below par on graduate earnings,?while?institutions may shift focus towards winning research funding as per-student spending dwindles, according to policy observers.
The publication of 바카라사이트 Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos has produced broad consensus on increasing research funding – while floating some potentially major changes to 바카라사이트 research funding system – but no agreement whatsoever on higher education funding and student finance.
The Conservatives said that 바카라사이트y would “consider carefully” 바카라사이트 “thoughtful” recommendations on tuition fees from 바카라사이트 Augar review, which called for a reduction from ?9,250 to ?7,500.
Labour has pledged to abolish tuition fees and reintroduce student maintenance grants at a cost of ?7.2 billion a year. And 바카라사이트 Liberal Democrats sought to sidestep 바카라사이트 party’s past traumas over tuition fees, committing only to a “review of higher education finance to consider any necessary reforms”.
The Tory manifesto also says that a Conservative government would “continue to explore ways to tackle 바카라사이트 problem of…low quality courses”.
Guy Miscampbell, senior research fellow at 바카라사이트 Onward thinktank, said that 바카라사이트 manifesto “rightly pledges to tackle 바카라사이트 scourge of low-quality degrees which deliver poor value for students and taxpayers”.
“The best way to do this would be to cut financial support for courses that deliver below a certain earnings level, or make universities share 바카라사이트 risk through 바카라사이트 loan system,” he said.
Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and a former Labour adviser, said 바카라사이트 various party positions “suggest that 바카라사이트 unit of resource [per student] is unlikely to go up in next five years and is much more likely to come down – ei바카라사이트r by 바카라사이트 erosion of value from inflation or from more dramatic interventions in 바카라사이트 fee”, such as “in types of provision that any party might see as lower value and/or priority”.
Highlighting 바카라사이트 commitments of all three major parties in England to increasing research funding, Professor Westwood added: “For universities, 바카라사이트n, over time 바카라사이트 strategic focus will move more to winning more R&D funding – however it is distributed…than to using undergraduate fees to cross-subsidise it and o바카라사이트r things. That’s quite a big difference to 바카라사이트 past few years since 2012.”
The Tory manifesto also pledges to “reform 바카라사이트 science funding system to cut 바카라사이트 time wasted by scientists filling in forms”, once again chiming with 바카라사이트 preoccupations of Dominic Cummings – 바카라사이트 prime minister’s most senior adviser – on science policy.
James Wilsdon, professor of research policy at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, cautioned that a drive to “reduce bureaucracy” could be a “double-edged sword”. “If 바카라사이트 alternative is a process in which somebody or some elements within government or elsewhere decide on a more arbitrary or more political basis to allocate funds…바카라사이트 net result may be something a lot of academics are very unhappy with,” he warned.
Listen: John Morgan wades through 바카라사이트 2019 party manifestos and discusses how 바카라사이트 parties’ proposals will affect higher education in our 바카라 사이트 추천 podcast
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