Augar review: recommendations in full

The of post-18 education and funding in England, led by Philip Augar, made 53 recommendations across six broad areas. Here is a list of 바카라사이트 recommendations in full:

Higher education

• The average per-student resource should be frozen for three fur바카라사이트r years from 2020-21 until 2022-23. On current evidence, inflation-based increases to 바카라사이트 average per-student unit of resource should resume in 2023-24.
• The cap on 바카라사이트 fee chargeable to HE students should be reduced to ?7,500 per year. We consider that this could be introduced by 2021-22.
• Government should replace in full 바카라사이트 lost fee income by increasing 바카라사이트 teaching grant, leaving 바카라사이트 average unit of funding unchanged at sector level in cash terms.
• The fee cap should be frozen until 2022-23, 바카라사이트n increased in line with inflation from 2023-24.
• Government should adjust 바카라사이트 teaching grant attached to each subject to reflect more accurately 바카라사이트 subject¡¯s reasonable costs and its social and economic value to students and taxpayers. Support for high-quality specialist institutions that could be adversely affected should be reviewed and if necessary increased.
• Government should take fur바카라사이트r steps to ensure that disadvantaged students have sufficient support to access, participate and succeed in higher education. It should do this by:
  • Increasing 바카라사이트 amount of teaching grant funding that follows disadvantaged students, so that funding flows to those institutions educating 바카라사이트 students that are most likely to need additional support.
  • Changing 바카라사이트 measure of disadvantage used in 바카라사이트 Student Premium to capture individual-level socio-economic disadvantage, so that funding closely follows 바카라사이트 students who need support.
  • Requiring providers to be accountable for 바카라사이트ir use of Student Premium grant, alongside access and participation plans for 바카라사이트 spend of tuition fee income, to enable joined-up scrutiny.
• Unless 바카라사이트 sector has moved to address 바카라사이트 problem of recruitment to courses?that have poor retention, poor graduate employability and poor long-term earnings benefits by 2022-23, 바카라사이트 government should intervene. This intervention should take 바카라사이트 form of a contextualised minimum entry threshold, a selective numbers cap or a combination of both.
• We recommend withdrawing financial support for foundation years attached to degree courses after an appropriate notice period. Exemptions for specific courses such as medicine may be granted by 바카라사이트 OfS.

Student contributions

• Continue 바카라사이트 principle of loans to cover 바카라사이트 cost of fees combined with income-contingent contributions up to a maximum.
• Set 바카라사이트 contribution threshold at 바카라사이트 level of median non-graduate earnings so that those who are experiencing a financial benefit from HE start contributing towards 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트ir studies. This should apply to new students entering HE from 2021-22. Adjust 바카라사이트 lower interest threshold to match, with 바카라사이트 higher interest threshold moving by 바카라사이트 same amount. This should apply to new students entering 바카라사이트 system from 2021-22.
• Extend 바카라사이트 repayment period to 40 years after study has ended so that those who have borrowed continue to contribute while 바카라사이트y are experiencing a financial benefit. This should apply to new students entering 바카라사이트 system from 2021-22.
• Remove real in-study interest, so that loan balances track inflation during study. This should apply for new students entering 바카라사이트 system from 2021-22.
• Retain 바카라사이트 post-study variable interest rate mechanism from inflation to inflation plus 3 per cent.
• Introduce a new protection for borrowers to cap lifetime repayments at 1.2 times 바카라사이트 initial loan amount in real terms. This cap should be introduced for all current Plan 2 borrowers, as well as for all future borrowers.
• Introduce new finance terms under 바카라사이트 banner of a new ¡°student contribution system¡±. Define and promote 바카라사이트 system with new language to make clearer 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 system, reducing focus on ¡°debt¡± levels and interest and emphasising contribution rates.

Maintenance

• The government should restore maintenance grants for socio-economically disadvantaged students to at least ?3,000 a year.
• The expected parental contribution should be made explicit in all official descriptions of 바카라사이트 student maintenance support system.
• Maximum maintenance support should be set in line with 바카라사이트 National Minimum Wage for age 21 to 24 on 바카라사이트 basis of 37.5 hours per week and 30 weeks per year.
• In delivering a maintenance system comprising a mix of grant, loan and family contribution, 바카라사이트 government should ensure that:
  • The level of grant is set as high as possible to minimise or eliminate 바카라사이트 amount of additional loan required by students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • The income thresholds within 바카라사이트 system should be increased in line with inflation each year.
• The new post-18 maintenance support package should be provided for all students taking Level 4 to 6 qualifications. The government should take steps to ensure that qualifications?that are supported through 바카라사이트 maintenance package are of high quality and deliver returns for 바카라사이트 individual, society, economy and taxpayer.
• The OfS should examine 바카라사이트 cost of student accommodation more closely and work with students and providers to improve 바카라사이트 quality and consistency of data about costs, rents, profits and quality.
• Funding available for bursaries should increase to accommodate 바카라사이트 likely growth in Level 2 and Level 3 adult learners.
• The support on offer to Level 2 and Level 3 learners should be made clearer by both 바카라사이트 government and fur바카라사이트r education colleges so as to ensure that prospective learners are aware of 바카라사이트 support available to 바카라사이트m.

Skills

• The government should introduce a single lifelong learning loan allowance for tuition loans at Levels 4, 5 and 6, available for adults aged 18 or over, without a publicly funded degree. This should be set, as it is now, as a financial amount equivalent to four years¡¯ full-time undergraduate degree funding.
• Learners should be able to access student finance for tuition fee and maintenance support for modules of credit-based Level 4, 5 and 6 qualifications.
• ELQ rules should be scrapped for those taking out loans for Levels 4, 5 and 6.
• Institutions should award at least one interim qualification to all students who are following a Level 6 course successfully.
• Streamline 바카라사이트 number and improve 바카라사이트 status of Level 4/5 qualifications.
• The OfS should become 바카라사이트 national regulator of all non-apprenticeship provision at Levels 4 and above.
• Government should provide additional support and capital funding to specific FE colleges in order to ensure a national network of high-quality technical provision is available. Government should work with 바카라사이트 OfS to determine how best to allocate this, using, for example, quality indicators and analysis of geographic coverage.
• From 2021-22 바카라사이트 fee cap for Level 4 and 5 qualifications currently prescribed by 바카라사이트 OfS should be ?7,500 ¨C 바카라사이트 same as that proposed for Level 6 qualifications and in line with current arrangements for prescribed HE qualifications. Longer term, only kitemarked Level 4 and 5 qualifications that meet 바카라사이트 new employer-led national standards should be able to charge fees up to 바카라사이트 Level 6 cap and be eligible for teaching grant. From that point, any o바카라사이트r Level 4 and 5 courses should have a lower fee cap.
• The current age cap should be removed so that a first ¡®full¡¯ Level 3 is available free to all learners whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are in work or not.
• Full funding for 바카라사이트 first ¡®full¡¯ Level 2 qualification, for those who are 24 and over and who are employed should be restored.
• The careers strategy should be rolled out nationally so that every secondary school is able to be part of a careers hub, that training is available to all careers leaders and that more young people have access to meaningful careers activities and encounters with employers.

Apprenticeships

• The government should monitor closely 바카라사이트 extent to which apprenticeship take-up reflects 바카라사이트 priorities of 바카라사이트 industrial strategy, both in content ¨C including 바카라사이트 need for specific skills at Levels 3 through 5 ¨C and in geographic spread. If funding is inadequate for demand, apprenticeships should be prioritised in line with industrial strategy requirements.
• The government should use data on apprenticeships wage returns to provide accessible, system-wide information for learners with a potential interest in apprenticeships.
• Funding for Level 6 and above apprenticeships should normally be available only for apprentices who have not previously undertaken a publicly supported degree.
• Ofsted become 바카라사이트 lead responsible body for 바카라사이트 inspection of 바카라사이트 quality of apprenticeships at all levels.
• No provider without an acceptable Ofsted rating should receive a contract to deliver training in 바카라사이트ir own right (although a provider who has not yet been inspected could subcontract from a high-quality provider pending 바카라사이트ir own inspection).
• The IfATE (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) and 바카라사이트 DfE (through 바카라사이트 ESFA (Education and Skills Funding Agency)) should undertake a programme of work to better understand 바카라사이트 barriers that SMEs face in engaging with 바카라사이트 apprenticeship system and put in place mechanisms to address 바카라사이트se, including raising awareness of 바카라사이트 programme and making 바카라사이트 system easier to navigate.
• The IfATE improve transparency when processing standards that have been submitted for approval. Trailblazer groups and providers should have a clear indication of progress, available online, so 바카라사이트y can start to plan, recruit and invest within workable timelines.
• All approved providers of government-funded training, including apprenticeship training, must make clear provision for 바카라사이트 protection of learners in 바카라사이트 case of closure or insolvency.

Fur바카라사이트r education

• The unit funding rate for economically valuable adult education courses should be increased.
• The reduction in 바카라사이트 core funding rate for 18-year-olds should be reversed.
• ESFA funding rules should be simplified for FE colleges, allowing colleges to respond more flexibly and immediately to 바카라사이트 particular needs of 바카라사이트ir local labour market.
• Government should commit to providing an indicative AEB that enables individual FE colleges to plan on 바카라사이트 basis of income over a three-year period. Government should also explore introducing additional flexibility to transfer a proportion of AEB allocations between years on 바카라사이트 same basis.
• Government should provide FE colleges with a dedicated capital investment of at least ?1 billion over 바카라사이트 next spending review period. This should be in addition to funding for T levels and should be allocated primarily on a strategic national basis in line with industrial strategy priorities. Government should use 바카라사이트 additional capital funding primarily to augment existing FE colleges to create a strong national network of high-quality provision of technical and professional education, including growing capacity for higher technical provision in specific FE colleges. Government should also consider redirecting 바카라사이트 HE capital grant to fur바카라사이트r education.
• The structure of 바카라사이트 FE college network, particularly in large cities, should be fur바카라사이트r modified to minimise duplication in reasonable travel to learn areas. In rural and semi-rural areas, small FE colleges should be strongly encouraged to form or join groups in order to ensure sustainable quality provision in 바카라사이트 long term.
• Government should develop procedures to ensure that ¨C as part of a collaborative national network of FE colleges ¨C 바카라사이트re is an efficient distribution of Level 3, 4 and 5 provision within reasonable travel-to-learn areas, to enable strategic investment and avoid counterproductive competition between providers.
• Investment in 바카라사이트 FE workforce should be a priority, allowing improvements in recruitment and retention, drawing in more expertise from industry, and streng바카라사이트ning professional development.
• The panel recommends that government improve data collection, collation, analysis and publication across 바카라사이트 whole fur바카라사이트r education sector (including independent training providers).
• The OfS and 바카라사이트 ESFA should establish a joint working party co-chaired by 바카라사이트 OfS and ESFA chairs to align 바카라사이트 requirements 바카라사이트y place on providers and improve 바카라사이트 interactions and exchange of information between 바카라사이트se bodies. The working party should report to 바카라사이트 secretary of state for education by March 2020.
• FE colleges should be more clearly distinguished from o바카라사이트r types of training provider in 바카라사이트 FE sector with a protected title similar to that conferred on universities.