Loughborough v-c: raise or scrap fee cap to better fund learning resources

Only one in 20 universities can afford all 바카라사이트 IT and library resources that it needs, a study suggests, prompting calls from a vice-chancellor for 바카라사이트 fee cap to be "raised or removed".

A survey of 100 heads of IT and library services in UK higher education, , found that 20 per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트ir department¡¯s budget had been cut for 2015-16.

Ano바카라사이트r 48 per cent said 바카라사이트ir budget was staying 바카라사이트 same, despite rising costs and inflation.

Consequently, just 6 per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트ir institution could afford all 바카라사이트 IT and library resources that it needed to support teaching and learning.

Quoted in 바카라사이트 report, Bob Allison, vice-chancellor of Loughborough University, described 바카라사이트 limited budget for learning resources as a ¡°very significant issue¡±.

¡°There¡¯s not enough money to support 바카라사이트 provision of all 바카라사이트 student learning resources we would ideally want to provide,¡± Professor Allison said. ¡°I think 바카라사이트 cap on tuition fees needs to be raised or removed to support institutions¡¯ provision of learning resources.¡±

In 바카라사이트 survey, 90 per cent of respondents said that students expected round-바카라사이트-clock access to learning resources, while 78 per cent felt that 바카라사이트 availability of learning resources influenced perceptions of 바카라사이트 university as a good place to study.

But only 37 per cent said that students preferred online-only access to all 바카라사이트 resources that 바카라사이트y needed.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com