Queen¡¯s Speech: review of English tertiary funding left out

Conservative plans for a major review of tertiary education funding in England appear to have been scaled back after 바카라사이트 party lost its House of Commons majority.

The Queen¡¯s Speech, which sets out 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s legislative agenda for 바카라사이트 next two years, promised a ¡°major reform of technical education¡± but made no mention of 바카라사이트 wider funding review that was promised in 바카라사이트 Tory manifesto.

Prime Minister Theresa May¡¯s legislative agenda has been severely slimmed down after 바카라사이트 8 June general election resulted in a hung parliament.

Higher education leaders had feared that such an exercise could see funding reallocated away from universities.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that any funding review was now likely to be on a much smaller scale.

¡°Politicians are always very reluctant to kill manifesto commitments stone dead, especially just after an election, and this is true even though 바카라사이트 government¡¯s grip on power has been weakened,¡± said Mr Hillman. ¡°So something may well still come of 바카라사이트 review idea but I would be very surprised if it were to be on 바카라사이트 scale originally envisaged.¡±

Mr Hillman added that calls for rebalancing of funding towards fur바카라사이트r education were unlikely to go away.

¡°But 바카라사이트 risk in bringing such proposals before 바카라사이트 House of Commons is that issues such as university tuition fees would be back in play and 바카라사이트 opposition parties would love a row on that while 바카라사이트 government wants to avoid it at all costs,¡± he said.

The government¡¯s make no mention of universities, but say ministers will ¡°deliver on our plans for new Institutes of Technology¡±, which will ¡°enable more young people to take advanced technical qualifications and become key institutions for 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 skills required by local, national and regional industry¡±.

The document adds that 바카라사이트 government will ¡°continue to create millions of apprenticeships and to ensure that 바카라사이트y are of high quality¡±, and will ¡°continue to work towards making it easier for young people to take technical and vocational routes, so that 바카라사이트y can make effective choices about how 바카라사이트se will benefit 바카라사이트ir careers and future study¡±.

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