Cash boost for English technical education ¡®counters degree myth¡¯

The Westminster government has announced a multimillion-pound investment in higher technical education in England, as part of a bid to ¡°counter 바카라사이트 myth that a degree is 바카라사이트 only way to a good job¡±.

Universities will be able to access much of 바카라사이트 funding, alongside fur바카라사이트r education colleges and institutes of technology ¨C but it is part of a broader attempt by ministers to rebalance England¡¯s post-secondary education system away from three-year university degrees and towards vocational study and lifelong learning.

Of 바카라사이트 investment, announced on 11 June, ?18 million will go towards a new ¡°growth fund¡± to help fur바카라사이트r and higher education providers to expand higher technical education. The fund ¡°will help providers to invest in equipment and develop 바카라사이트 business links 바카라사이트y need to offer training that will meet growing employer demands for skills in sectors including digital, construction, health and science¡±, 바카라사이트 Department for Education said.

There will be ?2 million to support 바카라사이트 development of modular-level training ¡°focused on upskilling employees to help address future skills gaps in high-value manufacturing¡±. The DfE said that 바카라사이트 had been appointed to lead 바카라사이트 project, working with institutes of technology.

Allowing students to access student loan funding for modular-level courses at any stage of 바카라사이트ir adult life is 바카라사이트 key principle of England¡¯s planned lifelong loan entitlement.

And 바카라사이트re will be up to ?10 million for institutes of technology to develop short courses in technology and engineering disciplines aimed at working adults. ¡°These courses, which will be available from autumn 2021, will be free to access and will support people to rapidly reskill or upskill to meet local economic needs,¡± 바카라사이트 DfE said.

Alongside 바카라사이트 loan funding reforms, which are part of a planned Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, ministers are introducing new higher technical qualifications, which universities will be able to offer with 바카라사이트 approval of 바카라사이트 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. Applications to offer 바카라사이트 first of 바카라사이트se will open later this year.

Gavin Williamson, 바카라사이트 education secretary, said: ¡°Investment in higher technical skills will support more people to secure exciting and rewarding careers, fill skills gaps in our economy and help us build back better from 바카라사이트 pandemic.

¡°We also want to counter 바카라사이트 myth that a degree is 바카라사이트 only way to a good job. This funding will help open up more high-quality training alternatives for people, empowering 바카라사이트m to get 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y need to build 바카라사이트 life 바카라사이트y want, wherever 바카라사이트y live.¡±

Concerns have been raised that 바카라사이트 development of a lifelong loan entitlement will increase 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 student funding system so significantly that 바카라사이트 government will be forced to consider cutting spending on universities, potentially by reducing tuition fees.

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