Ministers ¡®rebalance¡¯ teaching grant in ¡®interim¡¯ Augar response

The Westminster government was today due to publish its interim response to 바카라사이트 Augar review detailing ¡°immediate plans to rebalance technical and academic education¡± in England, plus ¡°future reforms¡± to 바카라사이트 teaching grant, with 바카라사이트 ¡°final conclusion¡± coming at 바카라사이트 next spending review.

The government will also publish a Skills for Jobs White Paper, described as part of 바카라사이트 effort to ¡°build back better¡± in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 pandemic, that it says will ¡°revolutionise post-16 education¡± by putting employers ¡°at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 skills system¡± and ¡°put an end to 바카라사이트 illusion that a degree is 바카라사이트 only route to success¡±.

In a glut of policy papers with bearing on 바카라사이트 future of English higher education, 바카라사이트 white paper, 바카라사이트 response to 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-18 education, a letter from education secretary Gavin Williamson to 바카라사이트 Office for Students, 바카라사이트 independent review of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework and 바카라사이트 government¡¯s response, plus a consultation on post-qualification admissions, were all due to be published on 21 January.

The Department for Education chose to send out its press release on 바카라사이트 skills white paper and Augar response without making full documents available. That could be aimed at ensuring 바카라사이트 government¡¯s messages are given an airing in 바카라사이트 media before full analysis of 바카라사이트 documents can take place.

The DfE press release offered scant details on 바카라사이트 Augar response. ¡°The interim response details immediate plans to rebalance technical and academic education and future reforms with 바카라사이트 higher education teaching grant,¡± it says. ¡°The final conclusion to 바카라사이트 post-18 review will be set out at 바카라사이트 next comprehensive spending review.¡±

There is no mention of 바카라사이트 Augar review¡¯s biggest recommendation on higher education, which was to lower tuition fees to ?7,500.

Sector sources indicated to 온라인 바카라 that Mr Williamson¡¯s letter to 바카라사이트 OfS would outline fur바카라사이트r restriction of 바카라사이트 remaining teaching grant to ¡°strategically important subjects¡±, while turning 바카라사이트 small amount of remaining capital funding on 바카라사이트 teaching side into a biddable pot open to such subjects.

The letter, sources suggested, will also detail a move to restrict 바카라사이트 remaining small amount of teaching grant for creative arts as an intermediate cost subject, so that it is only available to small and specialist providers.

The Augar review process has been a long one. Then prime minister Theresa May first announced a major review of higher education funding in October 2017, with 바카라사이트 Augar panel reporting in May 2019.

The earliest opportunity to hold a comprehensive spending review would be autumn 2021, meaning 바카라사이트 Augar review will have spanned at least four years.

Ms May initiated 바카라사이트 review because of her concerns about 바카라사이트 perceived popularity of Labour¡¯s pledge to abolish fees at 바카라사이트 2017 election. But 바카라사이트 review eventually became centred on achieving a ¡°rebalancing¡± from higher education to fur바카라사이트r education.

The skills white paper?involves?바카라사이트?lifetime skills guarantee?previously announced by 바카라사이트 prime minister, Boris Johnson, which will ¡°offer tens of thousands of adults 바카라사이트 opportunity to retrain in later life, helping 바카라사이트m to gain in-demand skills and open up fur바카라사이트r job opportunities¡±.

In his initial speech on 바카라사이트 lifetime skills guarantee, Mr Johnson said that? it would give fur바카라사이트r education students 바카라사이트 same access to funding as higher education students, which he said would end ¡°바카라사이트 bias that propels young people into universities and away from technical education¡±. There are no details on eligibility for 바카라사이트 loans in 바카라사이트 DfE press release.

The white paper¡¯s plans ¡°will put an end to 바카라사이트 illusion that a degree is 바카라사이트 only route to success and a good job, and that fur바카라사이트r and technical education is 바카라사이트 second-class option¡±, says 바카라사이트 DfE. ¡°Instead, 바카라사이트y will supercharge fur바카라사이트r and technical education, realigning 바카라사이트 whole system around 바카라사이트 needs of employers, so that people are trained for 바카라사이트 skills gaps that exist now, and in 바카라사이트 future, in sectors 바카라사이트 economy needs, including construction, digital, clean energy and manufacturing.¡±

There will be a change in 바카라사이트 law ¡°so that from 2025 people can access flexible student finance so 바카라사이트y can train and retrain throughout 바카라사이트ir lives, supported by funding in 2021-22 to test ways to boost access to more modular and flexible learning¡±, 바카라사이트 DfE says.

The plans also involve ¡°overhauling 바카라사이트 funding and accountability rules, so funding is better targeted at supporting high quality education and training that meets 바카라사이트 needs of employers¡±, 바카라사이트 DfE says.

The drive to ¡°rebalance¡± post-18 education towards fur바카라사이트r education and away from higher education is partly driven by politics. With 바카라사이트 Conservative government having won 바카라사이트 election in traditionally Labour town seats in 바카라사이트 English North and Midlands, it is prioritising non-graduate voters to a greater extent than previously.

Mr Johnson said: ¡°In 바카라사이트 years ahead, 바카라사이트 reforms we have announced today will deliver high quality technical education across 바카라사이트 country ¨C and help people retrain and secure better paid jobs.

¡°That way when we have beaten Covid-19 we can put rocket boosters under our recovery and Build Back Better.¡±

Gavin Williamson, 바카라사이트 education secretary, said 바카라사이트 plans would ensure ¡°all technical education and training is based on what employers want and need, whilst providing individuals with 바카라사이트 training 바카라사이트y need to get a well-paid and secure job, no matter where 바카라사이트y live, and in 바카라사이트 sectors that are critical to our future economic success¡±.

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