Danny Dorling predicts ¡®local nationalisation¡¯ of UK universities

The UK¡¯s university sector is likely to move towards nationalisation, with some institutions coming back under ¡°local democratic control¡±, University of Oxford academic Danny Dorling has predicted.

The?Halford Mackinder professor of geography?said that institutions that get into financial ¡°trouble¡± in 바카라사이트 future are unlikely to merge with nearby institutions, as has happened in 바카라사이트 past, and will instead end up owned by 바카라사이트 state.

¡°I think you¡¯re going to have to have a case again of local authorities actually taking control of buildings when 바카라사이트 finances go wrong,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

Professor Dorling highlighted that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s health service was nationalised in 1948 ¡°because Britain couldn¡¯t afford to run an efficient health service after 바카라사이트 Second World War¡±.

Although full nationalisation of this scale was unlikely to happen with universities, he said, 바카라사이트 higher education sector was ¡°very inefficient¡± and towns and cities would ¡°take back 바카라사이트ir universities¡± if 바카라사이트y foundered.

¡°Some universities will come back under local democratic control, and many universities will become parts of 바카라사이트ir cities again ¨C ra바카라사이트r than pretending to be civic but not teaching local young adults,¡± he said.

Professor Dorling added: ¡°This is local nationalisation¡­It¡¯s very costly to run a market like [higher education] ¨C you end up sending young people right across 바카라사이트 country; you end up having a lot of expensive student accommodation.

¡°Britain¡¯s becoming poorer, and trying to run something that is inefficient and expensive when you¡¯re becoming poorer as a country eventually doesn¡¯t work.¡±

Professor Dorling discussed his ideas in a lecture at?Anglia Ruskin University on 19 October about how .

While he predicted that tuition fees would still exist in England a decade from now, 바카라사이트y would be lower than 바카라사이트 current level of ?9,250 and 바카라사이트 government would largely fund higher education, he believed.

¡°But 바카라사이트 national government will not pay as much as 바카라사이트 fees and loans have been paying,¡± Professor Dorling said.?¡°You¡¯re talking about trying to run higher education in 2027 with less money.¡±

One way in which 바카라사이트 country could save costs would be for more people to live at home and study locally or go to university later in life.

However, 바카라사이트 UK could ¡°easily afford government-funded¡± university places, he said, because it has some of 바카라사이트 lowest taxes in Western Europe.

Professor Dorling also hit out at England's student loans, calling 바카라사이트 system ¡°an argument for very high inequality in 바카라사이트 future¡±.

The loans system promotes 바카라사이트 idea that ¡°graduates should get much bigger salaries than o바카라사이트r people¡±, while 바카라사이트 richest students who can pay complete tuition fees up front benefit most from 바카라사이트 system, he said.

¡°Unless people like inequality or can be taught to like it, which is hard, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 population will turn against 바카라사이트 logic of loans,¡± he said.

A move towards local nationalisation and 바카라사이트 abolition of student loans would not necessarily rely on a Labour government, given that ¡°all of politics [is] moving slightly to 바카라사이트 left¡±, Professor Dorling continued.

¡°If you look at what [universities minister] Jo Johnson has said about [vice-chancellors¡¯] salaries and what [Lord] Adonis has said about fees ¨C Adonis is hardly a left-wing Labour person ¨C you can see 바카라사이트 steps are being taken, 바카라사이트 shuffle back to where we were when we didn¡¯t have such faith in 바카라사이트 market,¡± he said.

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