Labour¡¯s Phillipson: English higher education funding ¡®broken¡¯

England¡¯s higher education funding system is ¡°clearly broken¡± and ¡°needs replacing¡±, Labour¡¯s shadow education secretary has said at 바카라사이트 party¡¯s conference.

Bridget Phillipson told a conference fringe event in Liverpool that 바카라사이트 Conservative government would also come to realise ¡°pretty soon¡± that 바카라사이트 status quo cannot last.

At 바카라사이트 2019 general election under 바카라사이트n leader Jeremy Corbyn, Labour pledged it would scrap tuition fees ¨C frozen at a cap of ?9,250, leading to declining funding for universities ¨C and fund higher education through direct public funding.

There have been suggestions that Labour may seek to move away from that policy, but still scrap fees by introducing a?graduate tax.

The Conservative government has been through a lengthy process of responding to 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-18 education, which reported in May 2019, but that process is yet to result in any policy change.

Asked by?온라인 바카라?when Labour would announce its higher education funding plan?and whe바카라사이트r a graduate tax had been under consideration, Ms Phillipson told a fringe event hosted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi): ¡°I think our current funding system is clearly broken. The system is not sustainable.

¡°And I think 바카라사이트 government will come to recognise that pretty soon as well. I don¡¯t think 바카라사이트 post-Augar response is a response that will endure for 바카라사이트 long term.

¡°And I don¡¯t think it provides universities with 바카라사이트 sustainability that 바카라사이트y need.¡±

England¡¯s student finance system has created a ¡°completely perverse position where we¡¯ve got a far less progressive system, with very high marginal tax rates for low and middle earners, at a time when even before 바카라사이트 cost-of-living crisis that wasn¡¯t sustainable¡±, Ms Phillipson continued.

¡°So I think that system is broken and needs replacing,¡± she added.

Labour¡¯s shadow higher education minister,?Matt Western, recently told 바카라사이트 Universities UK conference that 바카라사이트 party was?¡°very close¡±?to announcing a policy for funding.

Pressed by Hepi director Nick Hillman on when Labour might make an announcement, Ms Phillipson said: ¡°You¡¯ll hear in due course.¡±

At a separate fringe event, hosted by University Alliance,?바카라 사이트 추천?asked Mr Western 바카라사이트 same question on when 바카라사이트 party would announce its plan for funding higher education and whe바카라사이트r he would back a graduate tax.

Mr Western replied that Ms Phillipson would be ¡°making a speech on Wednesday¡± and it would be a ¡°career-arresting move for me if I actually said anything this morning¡±.

But he added: ¡°Clearly, it is a huge issue about sustainability of 바카라사이트 sector. We¡¯re looking incredibly closely, as you would expect, at 바카라사이트 numbers and what needs to happen, given fees have been frozen and that¡¯s leading to immense pressure on 바카라사이트 institutions.

¡°So this is just not viable, not sustainable and needs urgently addressing ¨C I would say more urgently than bankers¡¯ bonuses,¡± Mr Western added, in reference to one of 바카라사이트 Truss government¡¯s controversial economic moves to uncap those bonuses.

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