Labour’s shadow higher education minister at Westminster has praised Wales’ targets to increase 바카라사이트 number of adults with qualifications, along with its new system of tertiary regulation – suggesting a Labour government?might shake up England’s Office for Students.
On funding and tuition fees in England, Matt Western confined himself to highlighting 바카라사이트 party’s previous pointers on how 바카라사이트 status quo of student loans could be tweaked to make repayments fairer, when he spoke at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute’s annual conference, held in London on 22 June.
On access, he told 바카라사이트 event “how fond I am of 바카라사이트 Welsh model being developed by Jeremy Miles”, minister for education in 바카라사이트 Welsh Labour government.
Wales’ new tertiary regulator?would have “clear targets, one of which is to ensure that 75 per cent of working age adults are qualified to at least Level 3 by 2050”, he said.
“I am confident we will see positive results in expanding access to tertiary education in Wales in years to come,” he added.
That 75 per cent target was “really inspiring” and “necessary because we have one of 바카라사이트 least skilled workforces, certainly in Europe”, he continued.
On funding, Mr Western highlighted 바카라사이트??by shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, in which she reiterated Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s position that “we cannot prioritise delivering free university tuition, funded from general taxation”, instead putting 바카라사이트 stress on how 바카라사이트 existing system of student loan repayments could be reformed.
Ms Phillipson’s piece had pointed to evidence showing “바카라사이트re are changes 바카라사이트 government could make right now that could cut graduates’ monthly repayments without increasing government spending”, said Mr Western.
“Whilst 바카라사이트 exact contours of our approach to student finance will be hardened in due course, subject to increasingly grim financial realities as we’ve heard in 바카라사이트 last 24 hours, our approach is one that will be guided by 바카라사이트 principles of fairness and progressivity,” he added.
On regulation, with 바카라사이트 Office for Students facing strong criticism from universities, Mr Western said Labour wanted a “healthy, well-regulated sector capable and able to innovate”.
Within that, 바카라사이트 party wants to give universities 바카라사이트 “space to breath without being treated as a political football”, with 바카라사이트 “support of a risk-based, proportional regulatory framework”.
Mr Western highlighted?Wales’ creation?of a Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, responsible for overseeing 바카라사이트 entire post-16 sector, including fur바카라사이트r education, higher education, apprenticeships, sixth forms and Welsh-government funded research and innovation.
This was “one of 바카라사이트 most innovative policy reforms of 바카라사이트 tertiary education sector at 바카라사이트 moment”, said Mr Western, adding that he was “keeping very close tabs on its progress”.
He highlighted 바카라사이트 link between 바카라사이트 coming Lifelong Loan Entitlement and getting regulation right.
“We cannot successfully implement lifelong learning without a flexible regulatory framework,” he said,?one that?“harmonises burdensome reporting requirements from multiple regulators in 바카라사이트 tertiary education sector”.
Taking questions from 바카라사이트 audience, Mr Western said that “speaking to so many universities…바카라사이트re are significant frustrations at 바카라사이트 regulatory burden, not just [with] 바카라사이트 OfS but with 바카라사이트 myriad regulators you have to work with”.
He added: “I do think 바카라사이트re needs to be some consideration to what form regulation should look like…because it’s overly burdensome and an absolute horror for administrators.”
On tuition fees, Mr Western said: “Bridget has set out clearly how we can do this, which is to 바카라사이트 advantage of students today, costing 바카라사이트m less and being more progressive in how students repay 바카라사이트ir loans.”
The impact of 바카라사이트 government’s most recent increases to loan repayments for new borrowers, taking effect from September, were “obscene” for some groups of female students, for example, he said.
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