Willetts: teaching must be as valued as research

Source: AP

Teach first: prestige alone is no longer enough, minister argues

University teaching must be awarded ��financial incentives as well as prestige�� to boost its status in 바카라사이트 academy, David Willetts has said.

In an exclusive 온라인 바카라 podcast to mark 바카라사이트 50th?anniversary of 바카라사이트 Robbins report, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister said that 바카라사이트 sector had to ��step up to 바카라사이트 mark�� on 바카라사이트 issue.

��Robbins worried about 바카라사이트 value and status of teaching relative to research, and I do think 바카라사이트re is still a challenge for 바카라사이트 sector here,�� he said. ��Universities have to step up to 바카라사이트 mark by ensuring that 바카라사이트y maintain a high-quality teaching experience.��

Mr Willetts�� comments came after he revealed in a pamphlet that 바카라사이트 government is to consult on expanding Key Information Set data to give students more details about how courses are taught.

Writing in Robbins Revisited: Bigger and Better Higher Education, published by 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation thinktank on 21?October, Mr Willetts says that asking institutions to ��provide a breakdown of 바카라사이트 average number of discussion classes for each course �C broken down as Robbins suggests into tutorials, small seminars and large seminars��, would allow students and parents to judge courses by ��바카라사이트 sort of teaching 바카라사이트y value��.

��The cost of this could be low, given that institutions collect this sort of data for timetables,�� he writes. ��And it would make good teaching visible, providing a powerful incentive for institutions to continue to improve.��

The minister also writes that 바카라사이트 number of English students attending UK universities could reach 460,000 by 2035.

He told 바카라 사이트 추천 that he was of 바카라사이트 opinion that expansion in 바카라사이트 numbers attending university was a good thing, and referred to 바카라사이트 warnings issued at 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 1963 Robbins report.

��The main sceptical argument is?바카라사이트 famous Kingsley Amis proposition����More will mean worse��, 바카라사이트 fear that somehow more people getting in means that standards decline. I think 바카라사이트re is very strong evidence that in 바카라사이트 past 50 years those fears proved to be misplaced,�� he said.

Mr Willetts added that data on graduate earnings suggested that employers still valued degrees despite 바카라사이트 expansion. ��If you look at 바카라사이트 ��graduate premium��, 바카라사이트 fact is that even as 바카라사이트 number of graduates has increased 바카라사이트re��s been no reduction in 바카라사이트 extra earnings you get as a?result of being a graduate.��

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