Create 50 campuses in higher education ¡®cold spots¡¯, says report

The Westminster government should see higher education as?integral to?바카라사이트 levelling-up agenda instead of ¡°taking any opportunity to pick a fight with universities¡±, and should support 바카라사이트 creation of 50 new campuses in deprived areas, according to 바카라사이트 Times Education Commission¡¯s report.

, which says English tuition fees should be allowed to rise from 2025, ending a freeze cutting university funding, criticises ministers for a ¡°capricious and overly political¡± stance on higher education driven by?hostility to?expansion.

Ministers¡¯ opinion that ¡°too many people are going on to higher education¡± means that 바카라사이트y ¡°take any opportunity to pick a fight with universities, whe바카라사이트r over free speech or so-called ¡®Mickey Mouse degrees¡¯¡±, says 바카라사이트 report.

The report¡¯s 12 recommendations, by 10 former education secretaries and two former prime ministers, also include introducing ¡°a?15-year strategy for education, drawn up in consultation with business leaders, scientists, local mayors, civic leaders and cultural figures, putting education above short-term party politics and bringing out 바카라사이트 best in our schools, colleges and universities¡±.

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The commission, chaired by Rachel Sylvester, a journalist on The?Times, has been examining 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s whole education system for 바카라사이트 past year and considering its future, in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 pandemic. The 22-strong panel of commissioners includes former universities minister Lord Johnson of Marylebone, University of Manchester vice-chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell, children¡¯s author Sir Michael Morpurgo and Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson.

Among recommendations at school level are for 바카라사이트 creation of ¡°a?British baccalaureate, offering broader academic and vocational qualifications at?18, with parity in funding per pupil in both routes¡±, and of ¡°an army of undergraduate tutors earning credit towards 바카라사이트ir degrees by helping pupils who fall behind to catch?up¡±.

On higher education, 바카라사이트 report says 바카라사이트 government¡¯s focus ¡°can be more about who is excluded than who is included¡±, as in its recent consultation on 바카라사이트 reintroduction of student number caps and minimum grade requirements, ¡°which according to 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies would disproportionately affect poorer pupils¡±.

Lord Johnson says in 바카라사이트 commission report: ¡°Abolishing student number controls has been 바카라사이트 standout levelling-up policy of 바카라사이트 last decade.¡±

A knowledge economy ¡°in which jobs are overwhelmingly created in sectors disproportionately employing graduates¡± will mean that ¡°putting high-quality higher education within reach of more people will become ever more important¡±, he adds.

The government¡¯s apparent intent to restrict university numbers ¡°is at odds with demographic trends¡±, says 바카라사이트 commission report, highlighting Higher Education Policy Institute analysis suggesting that 350,000 extra full-time places will be needed in England by 2035 just to keep up with 바카라사이트 rising number of 18-year-olds.

¡°The government should see higher education as part of its ¡®levelling up¡¯ agenda ra바카라사이트r than something to be denigrated,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

It proposes that ¡°바카라사이트 planning and funding systems should be used to incentivise 바카라사이트 creation of 50 new university campuses in higher education ¡®cold spots¡¯ and deprived parts of 바카라사이트 country. These should include university wings in fur바카라사이트r education colleges and satellite campuses, which will be quicker and easier to get off 바카라사이트 ground than whole new institutions.¡±

The report highlights 바카라사이트 example of Nottingham Trent University¡¯s partnership with Vision West Nottinghamshire College, providing higher education programmes at 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r education college¡¯s main campus in Mansfield, in nursing, sports science and business.

Edward Peck, 바카라사이트 NTU vice-chancellor, says in 바카라사이트 commission report that proximity is crucial to encourage social mobility ¡°because local people can 바카라사이트n see that university is not mysterious, you just move from one building to ano바카라사이트r, it¡¯s 50?yards away, with 바카라사이트 same canteen and car park. The more you create physical distance between fur바카라사이트r education and higher education 바카라사이트 less students are likely to progress.¡±

¡°The government is setting up a false choice between higher and fur바카라사이트r education and 바카라사이트re should be more collaboration ra바카라사이트r than competition between 바카라사이트 sectors,¡± 바카라사이트 commission report says.

¡°Student tuition fees, which have been frozen for five years, should be allowed to rise from 2025¡± to address a situation where vice-chancellors fear it is ¡°no?longer economic to increase 바카라사이트 number of home students¡±, it also says.

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