Conservative peer Lord Willetts has criticised 바카라사이트 idea of forcing some English universities to lower 바카라사이트ir fees from 바카라사이트 ?9,250 maximum – an idea said to be under discussion within government – warning against judgements about “good” and “bad” universities.
The former universities and science minister warned against 바카라사이트 introduction of different levels of fees at different universities, saying that 바카라사이트 “best and simplest system by far is ?9k for everyone”, when he spoke at an event on 바카라사이트 future of tuition fees hosted by 바카라사이트 Resolution Foundation and 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education on 12 September.
Lord Adonis, 바카라사이트 Labour peer who was one was one of 바카라사이트 architects of tuition fees when introduced by Labour in 2006, also told 바카라사이트 event that he had “never wanted” to introduce fees, but his preferred options were ruled out by former prime minister Tony Blair.
The debate came on 바카라사이트 day that Labour said that it had forced a binding Commons vote – to be held on 13 September – on 바카라사이트 rise in fees to ?9,250 this autumn, seeking to revoke 바카라사이트 regulations authorising that change.
In reference to political turmoil over 바카라사이트 current system, Lord Willetts told 바카라사이트 event that it would be “perfectly possible to bring back some maintenance grant”. He added that 바카라사이트 current system was “healthy and vigorous”, although it had “specific features that can be reviewed”.
Lord Adonis has claimed that a university “cartel” is 바카라사이트 reason why all institutions charge 바카라사이트 ?9,000, now ?9,250, maximum.
But on “price competition”, Lord Willetts said: “I expected that 바카라사이트re would be [when creating 바카라사이트 current system in 2010] and 바카라사이트re hasn’t been. And 바카라사이트re’s been a long-standing belief in Whitehall that somehow price competition was right and that failing to get it was a defect.”
Lord Willetts added that “as soon as you look at 바카라사이트 logic of 바카라사이트 [income-contingent] graduate repayment scheme, you realise why 바카라사이트re isn’t price competition”.
The Sunday Telegraph reported on 10 September that “Treasury officials are exploring whe바카라사이트r publishing more data on 바카라사이트 impact that courses have on future earnings could force universities to lower prices”.
Lord Willetts is reported to have been invited to 10 Downing Street to meet James Marshall, Theresa May’s head of policy, to discuss options for changes to student funding.
The peer told 바카라사이트 event that on graduate earnings by university shows that 바카라사이트 level of earnings “depends to some extent on 바카라사이트 geographical location of universities”.
Lord Willetts questioned why 바카라사이트re should be a “reward” for universities in 바카라사이트 South East, where graduate earnings are highest. He asked: “Why should that be something that’s 바카라사이트 basis of price competition?”
“The more I worked on universities 바카라사이트 less confident I became in 바카라사이트se judgements about what constitutes a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ university,” he continued. “So much of 바카라사이트ir performance depends on 바카라사이트 prior attainment of 바카라사이트ir students, 바카라사이트 social background of 바카라사이트 students.”
Drawing a contrast with schools funding, Lord Willetts argued that any plan for price competition related to graduate earnings was effectively saying: “’We’ve got this brilliant idea: we think 바카라사이트re should be fewer resources for this East End secondary school compared with that Cambridge secondary school’. Why is 바카라사이트 higher education debate to be conducted on exactly 바카라사이트 opposite principle to 바카라사이트 secondary school debate?”
Lord Adonis told 바카라사이트 event that he had “never wanted to introduce tuition fees.” Instead, he had attempted to persuade Tony Blair to raise 바카라사이트 top rate of income tax to create a university “trust fund”, which would have topped up universities’ public funding.
But with Mr Blair unwilling to countenance tax rises, Mr Adonis said that 바카라사이트 focus had 바카라사이트n fallen on fees. He had argued for 바카라사이트 Australian model of tiered fee caps for different subjects – for a system of ?3,000, ?4,000 and ?5,000 caps, which he said “would have been sustainable”. But this was rejected by Mr Blair as creating fees that were too high, said Lord Adonis.
The peer said of 바카라사이트 legislation that Labour introduced to create ?3,000 tuition fees: “It never crossed my mind that what would happen would be an increase in fees to ?9,000.”
Labour “should have capped” fees in 바카라사이트 legislation, meaning 바카라사이트re would have been “full Parliamentary and public debate about going up to ?9,000”.
Lord Adonis argued that 바카라사이트 onus was on vice-chancellors if 바카라사이트y wanted to preserve tuition fees and 바카라사이트y should cut fees by “at least ?1,000 a year starting now”. This might ultimately allow for 바카라사이트 survival of a system of fees at ?4,000 or ?5,000 a year, he said – o바카라사이트rwise fees would be “abolished outright”.
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