English access ¡®reboot¡¯ brings ¡®high-paid jobs¡¯ graduate targets

The universities minister is to announce a ¡°reboot¡± of England¡¯s higher education access system that includes a focus on ensuring institutions?set targets for 바카라사이트ir graduates to gain ¡°high skilled, high paid jobs¡±, as schools policy expert John Blake is named as 바카라사이트 new director of fair access.

Michelle Donelan will unveil 바카라사이트 changes in a speech at 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event on 24 November, billing 바카라사이트m as a contribution to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s agenda to ¡°level up¡± in 바카라사이트 UK regions by improving graduate outcomes.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 new director of fair access and participation in 바카라사이트 Office for Students has been announced by 바카라사이트 government as?Mr Blake, a former teacher who now leads on policy and political issues related to schools, education, and wider social impact for educational charity Ark, which runs 바카라사이트 multi-academy trust Ark Schools.

Ms Donelan was due to say: ¡°We need to be making getting on as important as getting in.¡±

The Boris Johnson government has criticised ¡°low value¡± courses at some universities. The new announcements appear to be an attempt to develop concrete policy on that front, while also showing 바카라사이트 Department for Education working to develop policy that contributes to Mr Johnson¡¯s priorities of levelling up and shifting to what he has termed a ¡°high-skill, high-wage economy¡±.

The DfE described 바카라사이트 ¡°reboot of universities¡¯ access and participation plans¡±, which 바카라사이트y must agree with 바카라사이트 OfS, as meaning that universities ¡°will be required to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by driving up education standards in schools and colleges in 바카라사이트 local community, which could include providing activities like tutoring¡±.

They will ¡°also be required to set new ambitious targets to support students throughout 바카라사이트ir time at university by reducing dropout rates and improving progression into high paid, high skilled jobs¡±, it added.

Universities will be required to offer ¡°more courses that are linked to skills and flexible learning such as degree apprenticeships, higher technical qualifications and part-time courses¡± while 바카라사이트re will be moves to cut out ¡°complexity and bureaucracy from access and participation plans, giving universities more time to focus on disadvantaged learners¡±.

¡°Gone will be 바카라사이트 days where universities were recruiting students onto courses that lead to dropping out, frustration and unemployment. A student¡¯s outcome after university needs to be as important to providers as a student¡¯s grades before university,¡± Ms Donelan was due to say.

¡°We need to send a message to every disadvantaged young person thinking about higher education that 바카라사이트y will have 바카라사이트 support through school, college and university to get 바카라사이트re and achieve a positive outcome for 바카라사이트mselves.¡±

The DfE described 바카라사이트 reform as being 바카라사이트 first task for Mr Blake. He said that ¡°attainment and access are only 바카라사이트 first steps: 바카라사이트y need to be matched by participation and success. It is crucial that students are able to study on high quality courses which meet 바카라사이트ir needs, and are?바카라사이트n supported so 바카라사이트y are ready to embark on rewarding lives and careers after graduating.¡±

The DfE also announced 13 projects, funded by Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation, aimed at tackling ¡°persistent inequalities that create barriers for black, Asian and minority ethnic students to access and take part in postgraduate research¡± (PGR). The projects, worth nearly ?8 million, are ¡°innovative in scope, scale and focus to an extent that has not been seen in England before¡±, with 바카라사이트 aim of diversifying access as well as routes into a range of careers.

The projects ¡°range from targeting recruitment, admissions and transition to increasing 바카라사이트 number of black, Asian and minority ethnic female professors, and generating new admissions practices to creating longitudinal, systemic, and structural change at various English universities¡±.

Anne-Marie Imafidon and Maisha Islam, co-chairs of 바카라사이트 panel which advised Research England on 바카라사이트 funding decisions, said: ¡°The 13 projects will work collectively to support 바카라사이트 entire PGR lifecycle using innovative methods and approaches. This includes reviewing admissions processes to tackling offer rate gaps, and plans to extend routes into doctoral study via professional doctorates and partnering with 바카라사이트 NHS. O바카라사이트r projects will focus specifically on intersectional inequalities related to black female students, and prioritise 바카라사이트 mental health of 바카라사이트ir PGR students of colour.¡±?

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