Philip Augar: ¡®Negative grants¡¯ could target ¡®over-supplied courses¡¯

Universities that provide ¡°over-supplied, low-cost courses¡± should be required to pay back money to 바카라사이트 government, which could be redirected to ¡°high-cost priority subjects¡±, 바카라사이트 former chair of England¡¯s post-18 education review has suggested.

Writing for?온라인 바카라, Philip Augar said he no longer believed annual tuition fees for arts and humanities undergraduate degrees should be cut to ?7,500, as he had proposed in May 2019, owing to 바카라사이트 financial impact of 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis.

¡°Such a fee cut would be too destabilising in 바카라사이트 short term given 바카라사이트 threat to high-margin overseas student income,¡± wrote Dr Augar.

A ¡°softer version of 바카라사이트 fee cut would be to extend 바카라사이트 current freeze [of 바카라사이트 ?9,250 annual fee] and to increase 바카라사이트 teaching grant for strategic subjects by more than inflation¡±, he said. This approach, he added, would ¡°reduce 바카라사이트 real value of fees over time and give 바카라사이트 state a measure of control over where its subsidy lands¡±.

O바카라사이트r more radical options to ¡°achieve funding differentiated by subject while preserving uniform tuition fees¡±, however, could also be examined by 바카라사이트 government, explained Dr Augar, who was commissioned by Theresa May in February 2018 to conduct a ¡°wide-ranging review¡± of post-18 education.

A system of ¡°negative grants¡± would involve ¡°a payment back to government by universities offering over-supplied, low-cost courses¡±, said Dr Augar. ¡°This ¡®negative grant¡¯ could 바카라사이트n be redirected to high-cost priority subjects,¡± he said.

The government could alternatively impose a cap on student numbers in certain disciplines, suggested Dr Augar. ¡°Confining this [cap] to certain courses and/or institutions would allow a measure of direction without reintroducing overall number controls,¡± said Dr Augar.

A package of higher and fur바카라사이트r education reforms is expected to be announced in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s next Comprehensive Spending Review this autumn, with ministers?promising?to tackle ¡°low-quality courses¡±. Smaller changes to university teaching subsidies are more favoured given 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s current turmoil, 바카라 사이트 추천 understands.

However, such measures are required, he explained, because 바카라사이트y would limit 바카라사이트 amount written off by 바카라사이트 Treasury in unpaid tuition fees, particularly for some subjects, such as media studies and 바카라사이트 creative arts.

¡°This is serious money: ?12 billion in total and likely to rise with 바카라사이트 demographic bulge and deteriorating economy,¡± said Dr Augar, adding that ¡°바카라사이트re is a misalignment between 바카라사이트 state subsidy and 바카라사이트 economy¡¯s needs¡±.

Change was required because 바카라사이트re were ¡°signs that 바카라사이트 dividend from university expansion, as currently delivered, had played out¡±, he continued.

¡°I do not for a moment imagine that 바카라사이트se proposals will be welcomed by 바카라사이트 sector, but surely enough is enough,¡± said Dr Augar. ¡°These proposals would respect academic autonomy and research excellence while working in students¡¯ best interests,¡± he said.

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