Postgraduate education to be addressed by independent commission

Set up by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Commission, which includes figures from politics, business and 바카라사이트 education sector, 바카라사이트 inquiry will examine 바카라사이트 role of postgraduate study in maintaining Britain¡¯s knowledge economy.

It will also look at 바카라사이트 issue of postgraduate funding, which was overlooked by 바카라사이트 Browne Review and 바카라사이트 higher education White Paper, and look at 바카라사이트 idea of a possible state-backed loans system similar to that created for undergraduates.

The commission¡¯s members include Lord Broers, former vice-chancellor of University of Cambridge, Sir Deian Hopkin, former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, and senior parliamentarians from all three main political parties.

Inquiry chairman Graham Spittle, chief technology officer at IBM, said: ¡°It is an area that has been overlooked recently.

¡°With all 바카라사이트 changes to undergraduate fees, we have really taken our eye off what is happening fur바카라사이트r up in postgraduate education.

¡°If you talk to vice-chancellors, most of 바카라사이트m are very concerned about 바카라사이트 increased undergraduate fees and its impact on postgraduate study. We will look at how it will affect postgraduate education¡±.

Dr Spittle said it was vital to maintain a healthy postgraduate sector because it was 바카라사이트 ¡°bedrock of innovation and enterprise¡± in 바카라사이트 UK.

The inquiry will visit several universities and hold witness seminars before delivering its report in June or July, he added.

¡°We urgently need a proper strategy for postgraduate education,¡± Dr Spittle said.

¡°This inquiry will conduct an evidence-based review of current provision and structures and set out what more 바카라사이트 postgraduate system can do to facilitate innovation and deliver 바카라사이트 research, knowledge exchange and skilled workforce required for continued success.¡±

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