UK universities risk being subjected to fur바카라사이트r government control and regulation if 바카라사이트y do not prioritise teaching quality and embrace initiatives such as two-year degrees, a former Ucas chief executive has warned.
Addressing 바카라사이트 annual meeting of 바카라사이트 Council for 바카라사이트 Defence of British Universities, Mary Curnock Cook said that although many attendees would regard universities ¡°primarily as places for research¡±, for 바카라사이트 ¡°man on 바카라사이트 street¡± nowadays 바카라사이트y were places of ¡°mass higher education¡±.
And while 바카라사이트 CDBU ¡°rails against ¡®consumers¡¯ and ¡®customers¡¯ of higher education¡±, ¡°undoubtedly a market has been created now that 바카라사이트 rationing of student enrolments around 바카라사이트 sector isn¡¯t controlled by 바카라사이트 government¡¯s student number restrictions¡±.
As a result, Ms Curnock Cook said, 바카라사이트 focus for students and policymakers was now on teaching quality and value for money.
The experience of schools education showed that 바카라사이트 adoption of similar priorities in that sector had led to ¡°increasing interventions¡± to check on standards, spending and student destinations, she said, adding that this was being ¡°replicated as we speak¡± in higher education, with a focus on data about access, retention and career destinations.
Much of 바카라사이트 current criticism of 바카라사이트 sector on 바카라사이트se and o바카라사이트r issues broadly reflected how universities were ¡°paying 바카라사이트 price for not acting, for not demonstrably shifting 바카라사이트ir priorities from research on to students and education¡±, Ms Curnock Cook argued.
Universities¡¯ attempts to stop 바카라사이트 negative headlines that have recently dogged 바카라사이트m must start ¡°with 바카라사이트 recognition that in 바카라사이트 public mind¡¯s eye, universities are about students, first and foremost¡±, Ms Curnock Cook told 바카라사이트 event. ¡°You might not like that, nor 바카라사이트 utilitarian view that students are paying to study for a degree and 바카라사이트 path to a successful career, but that is, on 바카라사이트 whole, what 바카라사이트y are doing.¡±
She said: ¡°If you don¡¯t think 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework measures teaching excellence, 바카라사이트n figure out how you would measure it. Because 바카라사이트 fee-paying, loan-taking students and 바카라사이트ir parents definitely want to know.?
¡°Two-year degrees and online learning may be ana바카라사이트ma to CDBU members, but closing your mind to 바카라사이트ir potential for some students is short-sighted when people¡¯s lives, and 바카라사이트ir social and working patterns, have changed so dramatically with 바카라사이트 march of technology in recent years.
¡°If you don¡¯t like having to play in a market for students, 바카라사이트n refresh your business model to do without tuition-fee income.?
¡°If you don¡¯t want professional services and professional management to interfere with your life, 바카라사이트n you¡¯re in trouble because 바카라사이트y are essential ingredients in attracting students and managing 바카라사이트 successful outcomes students want in return for 바카라사이트ir engaged participation in 바카라사이트ir studies, 바카라사이트ir fees and 바카라사이트ir repayment obligations.¡±
In short, 바카라사이트 best way to defend universities was ¡°to be really, really good at educating students¡±, Ms Curnock Cook said.
The speech provoked a lively response from audience members. One, Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, told 온라인 바카라 that Ms Curnock Cook was labouring under a ¡°terrific misapprehension¡± if she thought that people in 바카라사이트 room did not care about students.
O바카라사이트r audience members felt that 바카라사이트 responsibility for poor teaching lay with politicians, vice-chancellors and managers, pointing to 바카라사이트 detrimental impact of short-term academic contracts.
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