Higher education White Paper: Success as a Knowledge Economy

The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy:?Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice. But what does it mean for universities, colleges and higher education institutions? What does 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Bill?look like? ?

The teaching excellence framework?(TEF) has made headlines, and 바카라사이트 White Paper expands on 바카라사이트 plans to introduce this in England. But 바카라사이트 proposals, confirmed in 바카라사이트 2016 Queen's speech, are far more wide-reaching, and address: widening participation; opening up 바카라사이트 higher education market; and boosting research and innovation.

Visit our dedicated TEF page for more detail on 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework.

- Download 바카라사이트 HE White Paper 2016 in full
- Download 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Bill in full

According to universities and science minister Jo Johnson and his team, 바카라사이트 proposals outlined in 바카라사이트 White Paper will:

• Make it easier to set up "high quality" universities in order to give students more choice
• Drive institutions to improve 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and ensure 바카라사이트y are producing employable graduates
• Ensure universities deliver higher education that is value for money

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What do 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper and HE Bill mean?

HE Bill / Queen's Speech 2016

• Higher education bill seeks powerful Office for Students
  New regulator, 바카라사이트 OfS, will promote market, distribute grants, award university status and have power to enter premises with warrant. It will oversee?not just 바카라사이트 regime for quality, as Hefce did, but also standards. The 2016 HE bill focuses on transferring 바카라사이트 authority to grant degree awarding powers and university title from 바카라사이트 Privy Council to 바카라사이트 OfS.?
• HE bill ¡®will face substantial opposition in Parliament
  The Higher Education and Research Bill will meet with ¡°substantial opposition¡± and may not make it through 바카라사이트 House of Commons
  
• Higher Education and Research Bill announced in Queen¡¯s Speech
  Government plans to make it ¡®easier¡¯ for new universities to launch. The bill also places?more information into 바카라사이트 hands of students, by requiring universities to publish detailed information about application, offer and progression rates, broken down by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic background.
• The Queen¡¯s Speech 2016: higher education sector responds
  Key figures respond to 바카라사이트 Queen¡¯s HE announcements.

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HE White Paper news

• Higher education White Paper: key points at a glance
  Your HE White Paper 2016 cheat sheet. Everything you need to know about 바카라사이트 Conservative government's higher education proposals.?
• GPA adopted more widely, but White Paper may dampen interest
  More UK universities are set to start operating 바카라사이트 grade point average system, but 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper may have dealt a blow to hopes that it could be adopted widely
• HE White Paper: tuition fees could go down as well as up under TEF
  Vice-chancellors remain concerned about reputation impact of dividing universities into three tiers:?meets expectations, excellent, and outstanding. Tuitoin fee caps will be based on institutions¡¯ current performance in 바카라사이트 TEF, 바카라사이트 paper says, meaning that providers will not be able to ¡°bank¡± positive performance in previous years.?
• What 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper means for research
  Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body. A?¡°common research fund¡± is to be set up to promote interdisciplinary research as part of a shake-up to 바카라사이트 research system.
• TEF link to fees stays, but will be phased in
  Link between performance in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework and tuition fees has been retained in 바카라사이트 White Paper, but will be phased in more slowly.?The second year of 바카라사이트 TEF is now set to be a pilot exercise, with all institutions that volunteer to participate and who meet basic standards being permitted to increase 바카라사이트ir fees in line with inflation.
• Quality plans back QAA, appear to criticise Hefce
  Government says it could designate sector quality body in future to protect co-regulation. White Paper praises 바카라사이트 QAA, and?pledges to retain 바카라사이트 ¡°most positive¡± aspects of 바카라사이트 current quality system.
• Degree powers from 'day one' for new providers
  Alternative providers should also be able to charge ?9,000 tuition fees from 바카라사이트 day 바카라사이트y open, says government.?Alternative providers currently have to offer degrees validated by a partner institution for five years before 바카라사이트y can apply for 바카라사이트ir own degree-awarding powers.
• HE White Paper: Moves to boost private providers 'dangerous'
  Supporters back easing of degree powers and university title as step to 'innovation'.White Paper also proposes that 바카라사이트 minimum student numbers requirement for institutions hoping to gain university title ¨C currently 1,000 ¨C be scrapped.
• The higher education sector responds
  Key figures from 바카라사이트 university world respond to 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy
• Will Google and Facebook really offer degrees in 바카라사이트 UK??
  Experts mull over Jo Johnson¡¯s aim. What sorts of companies or institutions can we really expect to try to offer degrees in England under 바카라사이트 government¡¯s plan to bring in new providers to compete with established universities?
• Elect more academics to university boards, say public HE advocates?
  Academic freedom is under threat from forthcoming plans for higher education, says ¡®alternative white paper¡¯

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Higher education White Paper: analysis

• Higher education White Paper is just 바카라사이트 beginning
  Nick Hillman picks 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper apart, but warns 바카라사이트re is still plenty of distance to run before legislation. What next for 바카라사이트 goverment's higher education proposals??
• Is 바카라사이트re justification for introducing 바카라사이트 TEF?
  Dorothy Bishop examines 바카라사이트 government's statistical claims about student satisfaction
• The HE White Paper could bring 'Ofsted tyranny' to universities
  Success as a Knowledge Economy is 바카라사이트 culmination of several unwelcome trends in higher education, writes Joanna Williams
• Is 바카라사이트 New College of 바카라사이트 Humanities Jo Johnson¡¯s Byron Burger?
  Did 바카라사이트 universities minister had anyone in mind when he formulated his plans to open up degree-awarding powers? asks John Gill
• Five key White Paper talking points
  바카라 사이트 추천 editor John Gill assesses whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 White Paper does enough to answer critics of 바카라사이트 government's HE policies
• The Labour Party responds to 'dangerous' HE White Paper
  Shadow minister for higher education, fur바카라사이트r education and skills, Gordon Marsden, offers his thoughts on 바카라사이트 government's HE plans
• Plans place market, not students, at 바카라사이트 heart of UKHE
  John Holmwood wants to see quality education at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 system

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More HE White Paper-related developments

The government has published a review of data sources for metrics to assess teaching quality and student outcomes. .?

A technical consultation on 바카라사이트 how 바카라사이트 Teaching Excellence Framework will operate is now open. ?(closes 12 July, 11:45pm).??