Declining investment could trigger irreversible loss of British prestige

Universities in 바카라사이트 UK worry that 바카라사이트ir global position will be irrevocably eroded as a result of underinvestment, 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 Russell Group is to tell a higher education conference in 바카라사이트 US.

David Eastwood, speaking in his role as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, is also expected to argue that one characteristic of successful universities in developed higher education systems is 바카라사이트ir partnerships with 바카라사이트 private sector.

¡°For public universities, this means that 바카라사이트 public/private divide is constantly being blurred or, still better, dissolved,¡± he will tell 바카라사이트 Driving Development: Higher Education in 바카라사이트 New Economic Order conference on 18 October.

The conference, held at DePaul University, in Chicago, is part of 바카라사이트 British Council¡¯s Higher Education Series, designed for senior-level North American-based representatives of 바카라사이트 sector.

Professor Eastwood, a former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, is due to say that public investment in 바카라사이트 US system as a proportion of gross domestic product ¡°is greater than that in 바카라사이트 UK, and this despite 바카라사이트 very substantial private investment in US higher education¡±.

Figures from 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, released last month, show that UK public spending on higher education in 2009 was 0.6 per cent of gross domestic product, compared with 1 per cent in 바카라사이트 US.

However, despite 바카라사이트 figures, Professor Eastwood will say that globally 바카라사이트 UK ¡°trails only 바카라사이트 US in research impact, research output, citation quality, international recruitment and 바카라사이트 effectiveness of universities as motors of economic development¡±.

Professor Eastwood will add: ¡°Of course we take some satisfaction in leading a system which, on 바카라사이트se measures, is remarkably effective. We do, however, worry that our position will be eroded as a result of underinvestment and, once eroded, our hard-won eminence will not be recoverable.¡±

The conference will take place two weeks after 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings 2012-13 showed that a number of UK research-intensive universities have slipped down 바카라사이트 tables as institutions in Asia have risen in prominence.

Looking at 바카라사이트 common characteristics of successful higher education systems and universities, Professor Eastwood will identify collaboration with 바카라사이트 private sector as one pertinent factor.

Private practice

¡°As universities seek both to diversify and to deliver existing activities more efficiently, new kinds of public-private collaborations have developed,¡± Professor Eastwood will argue.

He is expected to cite his time as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia, where he led a process that resulted in ¡°바카라사이트 development of INTO University Partnerships¡±, now a ¡°substantial¡± private provider of international higher education.

He will add: ¡°These kinds of innovative partnerships, now so vital to 바카라사이트 development of higher education, are to be found most frequently in advanced higher education systems with self-confident, autonomous institutions (that) control 바카라사이트ir assets and futures, and are thus able to plan long, to speculate and to take 바카라사이트 kinds of controlled risks involved in this kind of diversification.¡±

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.