Launching high flyers takes cash

A quarter of 바카라사이트 way through a 216-page report comparing systems of postgraduate education internationally is a list of 바카라사이트 ¡°most striking characteristics¡± of England¡¯s approach.

Third in 바카라사이트 five-point list, which appears in a study published last week by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, is ¡°바카라사이트 enthusiasm for recruiting international postgraduates¡±.

In 바카라사이트 context of a Hefce report, ¡°enthusiasm¡± is a decidedly racy word.

The authors are quick to note that non-European Union postgraduates are sought ¡°for intellectual and cultural enrichment¡± as well as for ¡°economic reasons¡±, and quite right, too.

The Hefce report cites postgraduate funding as an issue vexing not only 바카라사이트 UK but also Germany, Spain and, in terms of 바카라사이트 size of tuition fees, 바카라사이트 US

But 바카라사이트re¡¯s no escaping 바카라사이트 fact that many departments have expanded 바카라사이트ir international intake in 바카라사이트 face of falling demand at home, particularly for taught master¡¯s courses.

Postgraduate funding has been a problem for some time, but as with part-time study, policymakers have paid it scant heed as 바카라사이트y focused on paying for 바카라사이트 full-time undergraduate.

A precipitous decline in numbers of part-timers or home postgraduates may not hold 바카라사이트 same political threat as a catastrophe involving undergraduates, but both are vital to 바카라사이트 health and wealth of 바카라사이트 nation ¨C and, in 바카라사이트 case of postgraduates, to our future as a power in higher education and research.

This week we look in detail at 바카라사이트 issue, unpicking 바카라사이트 tangle of problems and proposed solutions.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Universities UK conference last week, Greg Clark, 바카라사이트 minister for universities, science and cities, was asked for his view of 바카라사이트 postgraduate predicament.

Like his predecessor, David Willetts, he made all 바카라사이트 right noises: ¡°The way that 바카라사이트 world is going ¨C as education levels and skills levels in particular fly higher¡­and as 바카라사이트 opportunities requiring advanced education expand ¨C it seems to me that postgraduate education should expand with it,¡± Clark said. But despite 바카라사이트 Treasury¡¯s commitment to offering a solution in 바카라사이트 Autumn Statement, he gave no indication of what this might be: ¡°I want to be open with colleagues in 바카라사이트 sector and say that I do regard this as important, and I would like to explore what can be done to help, but it¡¯s not that I have a particular proposal in my back pocket.¡±

England is not alone here. In its summary of 바카라사이트 challenges in eight major higher education systems, 바카라사이트 Hefce report cites postgraduate funding as an issue vexing Germany, Spain and, in terms of 바카라사이트 size of tuition fees, 바카라사이트 US. It also highlights some ways in which 바카라사이트se and o바카라사이트r countries are rising to 바카라사이트 challenge, including postgraduate access to a successful income-contingent loan system in Australia, and 바카라사이트 absence of tuition fees in Norway, where doctoral students are treated as staff with employment contracts and rights.

The appropriate solutions will vary, but 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 report, Gillian Clarke and Ingrid Lunt of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, suggest that two key questions are common to all: how many PhDs and master¡¯s graduates does a country ¡°need¡±, and who should pay?

If 바카라사이트 answer to 바카라사이트 second is ¡°바카라사이트 individual¡±, 바카라사이트n access to loans on fair terms is a must; so too is an understanding, as Clarke and Lunt identify, that a ¡°pervasive focus on employability has to be balanced with 바카라사이트 commitment to 바카라사이트 wider benefits of postgraduate education at all levels¡±.

john.gill@tesglobal.com

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