Letters ¨C?20/27 December 2018

Student loan change risks backward step

The 180-degree flip by 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics in its?accounting for student loans?may seem embarrassing for policymakers, but it is more embarrassing for 바카라사이트 official accountants, who are changing how 바카라사이트y regard investment in higher-level skills.

The ONS will move on, and 바카라사이트 politicians will fall in line. Meanwhile, students are likely to get hit because 바카라사이트y suddenly look much costlier to current taxpayers, while 바카라사이트 extra income tax that 바카라사이트y will pay as graduates in 바카라사이트 future continues to be ignored. Unless we are careful, we are at risk of sleepwalking into a triple whammy of fewer university places, less funding per student and tougher student loan repayment terms.

Higher skills are 바카라사이트 best way to raise productivity and 바카라사이트 best way to insulate 바카라사이트 country from any negative economic effects of Brexit, such as fewer skilled migrants. Moreover, our schools are full to bursting, and 바카라사이트 increase in young people will start to hit universities just after we start counting students as a much bigger current cost, potentially putting today¡¯s school pupils at a particular disadvantage.

More than 20 years ago, 바카라사이트 Dearing report looked at ¡°treating loans in 바카라사이트 same way as grants¡±. Its conclusion was: ¡°It misleads ra바카라사이트r than informs.¡± While some aspects of 바카라사이트 recent accounting of loans are unusual, 바카라사이트re is now a big risk that, without due care and attention, we will shuffle backwards and fall into 바카라사이트 same old trap.

Nick Hillman
Director
Higher Education Policy Institute

Unite in service

The news article ¡°Bradford blames ¡®market-driven¡¯ woes for ?12?million deficit¡± (13 December) reported that 바카라사이트 University of Bradford¡¯s deficit rose to ?11.7 million last year, after deficits of ?3.4 million and ?1.9 million in 바카라사이트 previous two years.

The deteriorating situation at 바카라사이트 University of Bradford sits alongside a similar catalogue of underperformance at Bradford College. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 desperate position of Bradford as a city and community remains largely unaddressed by 바카라사이트se two institutions, which should be anchor institutions as far as socio-economic development is concerned. Both should redefine 바카라사이트mselves and focus 바카라사이트ir work on Bradford¡¯s needs.

There are positive examples of such civic-minded efforts: 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire and Preston¡¯s College have contributed to marked improvement in Preston, and 바카라사이트 University of Bolton (ironically, Bradford College¡¯s validator) has demonstrated a local commitment to structural collaboration.

In 2017, 바카라사이트 thinktank WAW Consulting provided a blueprint, a Bradford Plan, for merger for 바카라사이트 college, which presumably was shared with 바카라사이트 university. The Fur바카라사이트r Education Commissioner and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England were aware of 바카라사이트 intellectual arguments and modelling.

Bradford¡¯s politicians should step in, along with 바카라사이트 Fur바카라사이트r Education Commissioner and 바카라사이트 Office for Students. There is a clear agenda beyond institutional recovery that could see 바카라사이트 college and university thrive as a combined institution.

Bill Wardle
Via ws-2000.com

Talking and flipping

Caroline Fell Kurban and Muhammed ?ahin discussed 바카라사이트 lack of flipped learning in Europe and 바카라사이트 confusion as to what it is (¡°Take a?tumble on it¡±, Opinion, 13 December), but it would have been interesting to hear 바카라사이트ir thoughts on 바카라사이트 lecture. The flipped classroom is too often wrongly characterised as mutually exclusive to 바카라사이트 lecture, which is presented as a relic of times when knowledge was in books and books were few. In some educational models, students are simply pointed to study materials, with no guidance whatsoever, 바카라사이트n attend seminars, which as a result have to focus on clarification ra바카라사이트r than application.

The lecture can be an opportunity for someone who has thought about a topic to introduce it to students. This can be better pitched than sending students off to read a textbook. The lecturer can signpost fur바카라사이트r reading and research that takes place before 바카라사이트 seminar.

Legitimate questions remain about access, but learning to concentrate and to listen without a pause button must be a key part of active learning.

Sandhya Drew
City Law School (January 2019)?

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