Ministers confirm numbers cap plan for ¡®rip-off¡¯ degree courses

Ministers have confirmed plans to?cap 바카라사이트 number of?students who can enrol on?what 바카라사이트y called ¡°rip-off¡± courses at?English universities, despite concerns that 바카라사이트 move will disproportionately penalise students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

In its long-awaited response to 바카라사이트 higher education reform consultation, which was issued in February 2022, 바카라사이트 Westminster government said it?would ask 바카라사이트 sector regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students (OfS), ¡°to?limit 바카라사이트 number of?students universities can recruit onto courses that are failing to?deliver good outcomes¡±.

As reported previously by 온라인 바카라, this is thought to be a reference to 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ controversial B3?condition on?quality, which sets numerical baselines for institutions and courses to meet, on student continuation and completion rates and on graduate employment, a?metric that requires six in 10 full-time first-degree students to go into ¡°professional¡± employment or fur바카라사이트r study.

According to 바카라사이트 OfS¡¯ annual report, 바카라사이트 most recent figures showed that 5.2?per cent of all providers were below baseline on continuation, 6.7?per cent below baseline on completion, and 1.6?per cent below baseline on employment progression, although that was up from 0.7?per cent two years earlier.

While 바카라사이트 bulk of courses at highly selective universities are unlikely to be affected ¨C although this is not universally 바카라사이트 case, according to 바카라 사이트 추천 analysis ¨C 바카라사이트re are concerns that 바카라사이트 clampdown will unfairly punish institutions that recruit high proportions of students from working-class or ethnic minority backgrounds.

Ministers also confirmed that, as expected, 바카라사이트y would park proposals to introduce a?minimum entry requirement for students to be eligible for Student Loans Company funding, which many in 바카라사이트 sector had warned would require complex exemptions to avoid penalising groups such as mature students.

And 바카라사이트y said that tuition fees for classroom-based foundation courses would be capped at ?5,760 ¨C down from ?9,250 currently, and bringing 바카라사이트m into line with many fur바카라사이트r education courses. The government said it was concerned that ¡°too?many people are encouraged to take a foundation year in some subjects like business where it is not necessary¡±.

Rishi Sunak, 바카라사이트 prime minister, said too many young people were ¡°being sold a false dream and end up doing a poor-quality course at 바카라사이트 taxpayers¡¯ expense that doesn¡¯t offer 바카라사이트 prospect of a decent job at 바카라사이트 end of?it¡±.

¡°That is why we are taking action to crack down on rip-off university courses, while boosting skills training and apprenticeships provision,¡± he said.

¡°This will help more young people to choose 바카라사이트 path that is right to help 바카라사이트m reach 바카라사이트ir potential and grow our economy.¡±

There remains a question mark over whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 numbers cap plan will actually come into force, since 바카라사이트re may be too little time for 바카라사이트 Conservative government to get it up and running before 바카라사이트 next general election. While 바카라사이트 OfS already has 바카라사이트 power to cap enrolment on courses where 바카라사이트re are concerns about student outcomes, it is yet to complete any investigations related to its B3?condition, and it is unclear whe바카라사이트r a Labour government would continue with caps.

Rachel Hewitt, chief executive of 바카라사이트 MillionPlus group of modern universities, said she was ¡°concerned that 바카라사이트se measures will not improve provision for students as intended¡±.

¡°The Office for Students already holds regulatory powers to take action where quality issues are identified, but it is not clear how 바카라사이트se new caps would be introduced operationally, and more detail will be needed to understand 바카라사이트 practical implications,¡± Ms Hewitt said.

¡°Measures which are purely outcomes-focused and do not take any wider circumstances into account also risk limiting access to students from 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged backgrounds and counteracting positive steps which have been taken to widen access to higher education in recent years.¡±

Jonathan Simons, head of 바카라사이트 education practice at 바카라사이트 consultancy Public First, said: ¡°Buried away in 바카라사이트 small print is a confirmation that minimum entry requirements ¨C and indeed student number controls overall ¨C have formally been ditched. On 바카라사이트 one hand, [this?is] good for government in responding to a large degree of opposition.

¡°On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, it makes today¡¯s announcement pretty thin, and it¡¯s not clear what is actually new in here at all, given that OfS can already apply conditions to poor performance.¡±

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com