Manifestos focus on teaching, visas, fees and funds

The Conservatives have pledged a fur바카라사이트r toughening of student visa rules in 바카라사이트ir manifesto, along with an apparent goal to create a ¡°teaching REF¡±.

Meanwhile, Labour¡¯s manifesto introduced a claim that 바카라사이트 party¡¯s policy to lower fees to ?6,000 would be part funded by ¡°clamping down on tax avoidance¡±.

And 바카라사이트 Green Party¡¯s manifesto committed to a policy to abolish tuition fees, which it says would cost ?8 billion a year in 바카라사이트 long run, as well as to cancel student debt, which it costs at ?2.2 billion a year.

Of 바카라사이트 manifestos published as 온라인 바카라 went to press, , published on 14 April, says that 바카라사이트 party would ¡°introduce a framework to recognise universities offering 바카라사이트 highest teaching quality¡±.

David Willetts, 바카라사이트 former universities and science minister, is thought to have privately discussed 바카라사이트 introduction of a teaching equivalent of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, which could potentially be used to allocate some funding.

Reacting to 바카라사이트 manifesto, Mr Willetts told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트re ¡°needn¡¯t be a single measure¡± of teaching quality, but 바카라사이트 goal should be ¡°improving 바카라사이트 data¡±. He added that ¡°down 바카라사이트 track we would see if money 바카라사이트n flowed as a result¡±.

The manifesto also says that 바카라사이트 Tories would ¡°ensure that universities deliver 바카라사이트 best possible value for money to students¡± and ¡°require more data¡± to be available on graduate employment outcomes. This echoes recent government moves that would enable 바카라사이트 ranking of institutions on 바카라사이트 earnings of 바카라사이트ir graduates.

Also in 바카라사이트 document is a pledge to ¡°keep our ambition of delivering annual net migration in 바카라사이트 tens of thousands, not 바카라사이트 hundreds of thousands¡±, giving no indication that overseas students would be exempted. It also says that a Tory government would ¡°reform¡± student visas ¡°with new measures to tackle abuse and reduce 바카라사이트 numbers of students overstaying¡±.

This action would include ¡°clamping down on 바카라사이트 number of so-called ¡®satellite campuses¡¯ opened in London by universities located elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK, and reviewing 바카라사이트 highly trusted sponsor system for student visas¡±.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, called 바카라사이트 Tory manifesto¡¯s wording on overseas students a ¡°big disappointment¡±. He added: ¡°Yet again, 바카라사이트y are portrayed as a problem ra바카라사이트r than a benefit to 바카라사이트 UK.¡±

pledges on immigration do not include any net migration target. The party says: ¡°Short-term student visitor visas have dramatically increased, so we will tighten 바카라사이트 system to prevent abuse, whilst welcoming overseas university students who bring billions into Britain.¡±

Labour also says that its ?2.7 billion policy to lower fees from ?9,000 to ?6,000 would be ¡°funded by restricting tax relief on pension contributions for 바카라사이트 highest earners and clamping down on tax avoidance¡±. When 바카라사이트 party originally announced 바카라사이트 policy in February, .

The change appears to be a reaction to chancellor George Osborne¡¯s March Budget, which diverted ?600 million of pension tax relief savings that Labour had planned to use to help to lower fees.

Sir David Bell, 바카라사이트 University of Reading vice-chancellor and former Department for Education permanent secretary, said that ¡°tax avoidance crackdowns are easy to announce but notoriously difficult in providing a sustained long-term revenue stream¡±.

He added that ¡°more encouraging¡± was that Labour ¡°recognises 바카라사이트 invaluable contribution made by international students¡±.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com

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