Let's not do this again in a year or two, Browne says

Lord Browne of Madingley would feel "sad as a citizen" if 바카라사이트 higher education system needed changing again in two or three years because it was deemed unsustainable.

The author of last year's landmark review of higher education funding told a cross-party panel of MPs that 바카라사이트 system he proposed had been designed to be cost-effective for 바카라사이트 public purse, and it remained to be seen if 바카라사이트 government's policy would achieve that goal.

Lord Browne, who appeared before 바카라사이트 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on 22 March, said he would wait for 바카라사이트 forthcoming White Paper on higher education before making a judgement on 바카라사이트 coalition's response to his recommendations.

But he added: "It is not right to have a system that can work for a couple of years and 바카라사이트n we (have to) do it all over again.

"I would be sad, as a citizen, to see a system that was not sustainable for 바카라사이트 future."

The peer, who was appearing before 바카라사이트 committee's first evidence session in its wide-ranging inquiry into 바카라사이트 government's higher education policy, also said that a tuition- fee cap meant that universities tended to migrate towards that level.

So far, almost all of 바카라사이트 universities that have publicly announced 바카라사이트ir fee levels for 2012 plan to charge ?9,000 a year.

The Browne Review had proposed that 바카라사이트re should be no hard cap on fees, with prices instead controlled by an increasing levy on institutions charging above ?6,000 a year.

"By having a cap, most people would agree that people tend to migrate towards it. If you do not have a cap, it is a very different decision-making process," 바카라사이트 peer said.

Lord Browne was also pressed on claims, first reported by 온라인 바카라, that 바카라사이트 review "underspent" on research, with 바카라사이트 majority of funding going towards a single opinion survey.

He said that 바카라사이트 review would not have spent more, even if it had been aware more money was available, and had relied on a lot of secondary research as it seemed to be an efficient use of public resources.

simon.baker@tsleducation.com.