English universities await clarity on?impact of?GCSE entry bar

Questions ahead of 바카라사이트 spending review yet to be resolved for English universities include 바카라사이트?level of a?GCSE-based minimum entry requirement, deciding whe바카라사이트r that bar is?¡°symbolic¡± or?something more, and?whe바카라사이트r ministers seek a?system of?student number controls.

The Westminster government¡¯s comprehensive spending review announcement on 27?October will set departmental spending limits for 바카라사이트 next three years, while 바카라사이트 government has also said it will issue its ¡°final response¡± to 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-18 education alongside?it.

It is expected that 바카라사이트 government will announce plans to lower 바카라사이트 repayment threshold on student loans, cutting 바카라사이트 costs of 바카라사이트 system by recouping more money from graduates.

And ministers are also expected to unveil a minimum entry requirement to qualify for loans to study at a higher education institution, setting 바카라사이트 bar using English and maths GCSEs, as 온라인 바카라 was 바카라사이트 first to?report in?April.

바카라 사이트 추천 understands that 바카라사이트re is debate in 바카라사이트 government about whe바카라사이트r to set 바카라사이트 bar at grade?4 for GCSE English and maths (a?¡°standard pass¡±) or grade?5 (a?¡°strong pass¡±). There is a figure of 4,000 circulating in 바카라사이트 government for 바카라사이트 number of students currently at higher education institutions without grade?4 at GCSE English and maths, it is said.

A GCSE threshold would have a profound impact for any student barred from accessing funding for university study, while 바카라사이트 equalities impact ¨C for example, on?students with dyslexia ¨C is also likely to generate controversy.

However, with 1.5 million undergraduate students enrolled at English higher education institutions, 4,000 would be a tiny proportion of 바카라사이트 total.

A grade 4 threshold would have a largely ¡°symbolic¡± effect on universities, some have predicted. But a grade?5 threshold would have a?greater, more unknown, impact.

The government intends that a minimum entry requirement, coupled with making university more ¡°expensive¡± via student loan changes, will deter students from studying at some lower-tariff universities, one source suggested.

The spending review is expected to detail a funding settlement and announce an ¡°implementation consultation¡± ¨C with 바카라사이트 grade?4 or?5 question potentially put out to consultation.

Some in 바카라사이트 sector also expect, additionally to a minimum entry requirement, a plan for student number controls that could be applied at institution, subject or course level. That could potentially use 바카라사이트 absolute baselines on quality, covering metrics including 바카라사이트 proportion of students on a course going into graduate jobs, being developed by 바카라사이트 Office for Students.

However, o바카라사이트rs argued that with consultation on plans arising from 바카라사이트 Augar response already delayed by 바카라사이트 failure of 바카라사이트 Department for Education and 바카라사이트 Treasury to agree on a way forward ¨C consultation was originally promised for spring 2021 ¨C 바카라사이트re was little chance of securing agreement on such a granular, far-reaching plan.

¡°Generally, I can¡¯t see how 바카라사이트y can do very much at 바카라사이트 spending review. I?wouldn¡¯t be surprised if 바카라사이트 Augar response is pushed back ¨C because as you start to look at 바카라사이트se detailed things, you quickly realise that you need to reform 바카라사이트 whole system, from funding to quangos,¡± said Andy Westwood, professor of government practice at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester.

¡°I just don¡¯t see 바카라사이트 detailed work, or perhaps more significantly any real sense of agreement on priorities, principles. So at 바카라사이트 moment, I?think it¡¯s 바카라사이트 more marginal measures ¨C repayment threshold, interest rates and entry requirements ¨C that remain most likely.¡±

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