Labour plans to divert ?50 million from access

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Ed Miliband

Launching 바카라사이트 party¡¯s education manifesto in central London on 9 April, Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said 바카라사이트 additional investment in careers advice was required to help teenagers make informed decisions about 바카라사이트ir future.

¡°Young people must be equipped with 바카라사이트 right skills, 바카라사이트 right knowledge and 바카라사이트 right advice 바카라사이트y need to succeed,¡± said Mr Miliband.

Labour has said it would use a proportion of universities¡¯ existing access and outreach spending to fund 바카라사이트 initiative.

However, nei바카라사이트r Mr Miliband¡¯s speech nor Labour policy documents provided any fur바카라사이트r detail on this.

Institutions will spend more than ?700 million on widening participation in 2017-18, Labour says.

Universities in England are currently required to reach an access agreement with 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access, 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s access watchdog, if 바카라사이트y wish to charge more than 바카라사이트 ¡°basic fee¡± of ?6,000 a year. An institution¡¯s plans to help disadvantaged students are 바카라사이트n funded from a portion of 바카라사이트 fees above ?6,000.

The ?50 million Labour plans to spend on careers advice would apparently come from this cash, which is presently spent by institutions.

Liam Byrne, 바카라사이트 shadow universities, science and skills minister, has said 바카라사이트 access regime would get a ¡°rebooté¢ under Labour¡¯s policy to lower fees to ?6,000.

The party would need to lower 바카라사이트 ¡°basic fee¡± from its present ?6,000 if it wanted 바카라사이트 Offa regime to continue.

Pam Tatlow, chief executive of Million+, said: ¡°If 바카라사이트 maximum tuition fee was lowered to ?6,000 per year 바카라사이트re would be a very strong case to reduce 바카라사이트 lower fee cap to ?3,000.

¡°This would ensure that all institutions charging fees in excess of ?3,000 would need to agree an access agreement with 바카라사이트 Office For Fair Access. However, universities and students would need to be fully consulted prior to access monies being used to partially fund any new careers service.¡±

The University and College Union also welcomed 바카라사이트 commitments to improve careers advice for school children, but called for Labour to spell out its plans for adult education.

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