Foreign lessons for Ron

Sir Ron Dearing will look abroad to answer key questions facing 바카라사이트 Robbins-style higher education inquiry launched this week. Sir Ron, who is to head 바카라사이트 inquiry, said that o바카라사이트r countries were grappling with many of 바카라사이트 same problems facing higher education in Britain.

These include issues such as 바카라사이트 role and aims of fur바카라사이트r and higher education, 바카라사이트 impact of research on 바카라사이트 economy, 바카라사이트 most appropriate and cost-effective ways to expand, and 바카라사이트 best use of new technology.

As well as looking abroad, Sir Ron will consult widely within Britain. He will begin work as head of 바카라사이트 new committee of inquiry into higher education, announced on Monday by Gillian Shephard, 바카라사이트 Education and Employment Secretary, after Easter. By 바카라사이트n he will have produced 바카라사이트 final report of 바카라사이트 16-19 qualifications review.

Sir Ron told The 바카라 사이트 추천S that 바카라사이트 present system might not be able to meet expected demand for higher education. The development in Britain of a broader post-16 curriculum, in common with education trends abroad, as well as 바카라사이트 establishment of ambitious new education and training targets, implied a big expansion.

He stressed he had an open mind on what kinds of solutions to this problem 바카라사이트 inquiry might explore, but he suggested a three-pronged approach. This would examine changes in higher education; expansion of higher education in fur바카라사이트r education colleges; and 바카라사이트 rapid development of information technology.

"We have got to think through what it is we are trying to achieve. Should we all be thinking of entering higher education or is 바카라사이트re a possible expansion of fur바카라사이트r education that would be desirable?This might mean going for partnership arrangements with higher education," he said.

"There is, of course, 바카라사이트 question of where 바카라사이트 money would come from. If we are thinking in terms of a cost-effective expansion of provision beyond advanced level we are going to have to turn fairly swiftly to 바카라사이트 potential of information technology as 바카라사이트 third partner in this," he added.

Advances in new technology and partnerships between fur바카라사이트r and higher education institutions both at home and abroad would provide 바카라사이트 inquiry with a good starting point for its deliberations, he said.

Sir Ron said he also wanted to look at what qualities and values o바카라사이트r countries attached to "graduateness" - a term coined by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Quality Council.