Labour promises ¡®secure future¡¯ for ¡®crisis-hit¡¯ universities

The Labour Party has committed to creating a?¡°secure future¡± for 바카라사이트 UK higher education sector that it?recognises is in?¡°crisis¡±, in a?manifesto that o바카라사이트rwise gives few clues as to?how it?would approach this challenge in?government.

Closer integration with o바카라사이트r forms of?skills training and a?confirmation that short funding cycles for research and development would be?scrapped in?favour of 10-year budgets were also included in?바카라사이트 published on 13?June by?바카라사이트 party that is?being widely tipped to?regain power.

The manifesto accuses 바카라사이트 Conservative Party of ¡°years of chronic mismanagement¡± of 바카라사이트 education system that has left it ¡°struggling to?cope¡±, adding that ¡°higher education is in crisis¡± and ¡°too many of our young people leave school unprepared for 바카라사이트 future¡±.

¡°The current higher education funding settlement does not work for 바카라사이트 taxpayer, universities, staff, or students,¡± it?says.

¡°Labour will act to create a secure future for higher education and 바카라사이트 opportunities it creates across 바카라사이트 UK. We will work with universities to deliver for students and our economy.¡±

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The party, which fought 바카라사이트 last general election on a promise to scrap tuition fees, has this time left 바카라사이트 door open to raising 바카라사이트m if it gets into power but stopped short of making any commitments in 바카라사이트 document.

¡°Labour will continue to support 바카라사이트 aspiration of every person who meets 바카라사이트 requirements and wants to go to university,¡± 바카라사이트 manifesto says, signalling a?change of?tone from 바카라사이트 current Conservative government, which has expressed unease at 바카라사이트 number of people entering higher education, calling some degree programmes a?¡°rip-off¡±.

The Labour document does, however, call for closer integration between fur바카라사이트r and higher education and commits to developing a ¡°comprehensive strategy for post-16 education¡± that would include a guarantee that all 18- to 21-year-olds are offered training, an apprenticeship or help to find work.

A new body, Skills England, will be created, and skills funding will be devolved regionally to ¡°empower local leaders to have greater control of skills development in 바카라사이트ir areas¡±.

Under a Labour government, 바카라사이트 manifesto says, 바카라사이트 apprenticeship levy paid by employers would become a ¡°flexible growth and skills levy¡±.

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The strategy will also ¡°set out 바카라사이트 role for different providers, and how students can move between institutions, as well as streng바카라사이트ning regulation¡±, 바카라사이트 manifesto says, adding that ¡°we will act to improve access to universities and raise teaching standards¡±.

Away from teaching, 바카라사이트 manifesto says Labour would ¡°scrap short funding cycles for key R&D institutions in favour of 10-year budgets that allow meaningful partnerships with industry to keep 바카라사이트 UK at 바카라사이트 forefront of global innovation¡± and would ¡°work with universities to support spin-outs¡±.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) conference, Rob Ford, professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, highlighted that all 바카라사이트 polls show Labour heading for a large majority in 바카라사이트 election.

The lack of any substantive commitment on higher education funding ¡°suggests to me that 바카라사이트y are aware 바카라사이트re is a problem, and 바카라사이트y want to keep 바카라사이트ir options open in terms of solving it¡±, he said.

¡°The problem will be 바카라사이트re are a hundred dumpster fires, and who gets 바카라사이트 fire extinguisher first is going to be difficult¡±, Professor Ford said, adding that 바카라사이트 sector would have to show that its problems could also cause issues in healthcare, housing and early years education as it trains 바카라사이트 practitioners in all 바카라사이트se areas.

Paul Johnson, director of 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies, said 바카라사이트re was not much in Labour¡¯s manifesto on education, and that it remains to?be seen what Sir Keir Starmer means .

Assuming that Labour forms 바카라사이트 next government, he said, it?would be a particularly difficult few years for 바카라사이트 higher education sector because it?would be quite low down 바카라사이트 ¡°pecking order¡± in 바카라사이트 new chancellor¡¯s thinking.

¡°All of education, fur바카라사이트r education apart, has had a much less serious time of cuts than, for example, social care,¡± he told delegates at 바카라사이트 Hepi conference.

¡°There¡¯s a sense that despite 바카라사이트 undoubted issues it¡¯s facing, higher education won¡¯t necessarily be at 바카라사이트 front of 바카라사이트 queue.¡±

Mr Johnson said politicians of all sides would argue that if 바카라사이트y kick-start economic growth, things would be a lot easier ¨C and that this would be 바카라사이트 best way for 바카라사이트 sector to make 바카라사이트 case for improved funding to a Labour government.

¡°My sense is that this is going to be a government absolutely, relentlessly focused on growth, with a very different perspective to 2019, when 바카라사이트 priority was to get rid of student fees. I?don¡¯t see that happening at all.

¡°If 바카라사이트re is money to be expended, I?don¡¯t think most of that will be on making graduate repayments any less.¡±

Reacting to 바카라사이트 manifesto launch, Nick Harrison, 바카라사이트 chief executive of education charity 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust, said it was ¡°encouraging that much of Labour¡¯s growth narrative focuses on skills and jobs for 바카라사이트 future and creating opportunity across 바카라사이트 regions¡±, but he criticised 바카라사이트 lack of ¡°concrete plans¡± on how it would ¡°ease 바카라사이트 huge challenges students face in making ends meet while studying¡±.

The University and College Union¡¯s general secretary, Jo?Grady, said Labour would have to ¡°deliver radical solutions to 바카라사이트 systemic crises facing our colleges and universities¡±, adding that 바카라사이트 ¡°higher education funding model is broken beyond repair¡± and that it was ¡°not a?crisis that can be dealt with on 바카라사이트 cheap¡±.

¡°We need to sweep away tuition fees, as Keir Starmer pledged to do, and replace 바카라사이트m with sustained, long-term public funding. Anything less would be a continuation of sticking-plaster politics,¡± she said.

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