Match-funding threat to doctoral training

New methods of financing doctoral training pose ¡°a significant financial risk¡± for universities, according to a report.

Institutions that are unable to secure 바카라사이트 matched investment from industry necessary to run new centres for doctoral training may ¡°face significant challenges in funding provision¡±, says 바카라사이트 report by Universities UK.

This could affect 바카라사이트 ¡°dynamism of 바카라사이트 UK research base as a whole¡± and potentially jeopardise 바카라사이트 ability of 바카라사이트se universities to secure funding in 바카라사이트 future.

Research councils are increasingly distributing finance for doctoral studentships through Doctoral Training Partnerships and Centres for Doctoral Training, which typically bring toge바카라사이트r large cohorts of students and offer additional grounding in technical and transferable skills.

Evidence suggests this move has helped to raise 바카라사이트 standards of doctoral training in 바카라사이트 UK, according to 바카라사이트 report. But it warns: ¡°[T]he match-funding requirement entailed by participation in DTP and CDT bids represents a significant financial risk for universities¡­it is vital that public funding for postgraduate research provision rewards excellence, but is also sufficiently flexible to ensure that high-quality provision is sustained in 바카라사이트 longer term.¡±

The Funding Environment for Universities 2014: Research and Postgraduate Research Training report also says that funding has become slightly more concentrated in 바카라사이트 universities that historically have secured 바카라사이트 most money.

In 2013-14, 바카라사이트 top 20 per cent of universities in terms of 바카라사이트 funding distribution secured three-quarters of all quality-related research money ¨C up from 73 per cent in 2010-11. However, since 2009-10, some institutions in 바카라사이트 lowest 20 per cent of universities for 바카라사이트 funding distribution appear to have ¡°lost access to research council funding¡±, according to 바카라사이트 report due to be published on 12 June.

¡°Any change in 바카라사이트 concentration of research funding across 바카라사이트 higher education sector may have a significant effect on 바카라사이트 health and dynamism of 바카라사이트 research base in 바카라사이트 long term,¡± it says.

The report also warns of 바카라사이트 risks posed to research from 바카라사이트 stagnating number of students taking postgraduate research qualifications. These students are ¡°crucial to 바카라사이트 strength of both 바카라사이트 UK research base and 바카라사이트 future highly-skilled workforce¡±, it says.

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