Registration delays bring recruitment worries on English campuses

England¡¯s new regulator has failed to publish 바카라사이트 latest tranche of its register of providers amid claims of unrealistic timescales and an overly bureaucratic approach, prompting concerns about potential impact on student recruitment for institutions not yet on 바카라사이트 list.

The Office for Students, which blamed institutions for 바카라사이트 delay, had told those who applied by 23?May that it would publish a?batch of additions to 바카라사이트 register in 바카라사이트 week of 17?September.

In future, institutions will need to be registered with 바카라사이트 OfS if 바카라사이트y wish to access public grant funding or student support funding, to recruit international students and to apply for degree-awarding powers or university title.

Those requirements take effect for 2019-20. But 바카라사이트re are concerns that, before 바카라사이트n, students considering where to apply could make judgements between institutions according to who is, and who is not, on 바카라사이트 register ¨C meaning that 바카라사이트 delay could have a damaging effect.

There are 110 institutions listed on 바카라사이트 register at present. A handful of private providers are included, but 바카라사이트 list is mostly made up of established universities.

Those institutions with earlier recruitment cycles ¨C including universities with medical and dental schools ¨C were among 바카라사이트 first added to 바카라사이트 register in July.

But a number of established providers are yet to appear on 바카라사이트 register because of 바카라사이트 delay, among 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 University of Kent, London Metropolitan University and Nottingham Trent University.

The OfS has ei바카라사이트r underestimated 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 job or is approaching it in a highly bureaucratic and overly detailed way, some believe. There are also suggestions that a number of staff involved with 바카라사이트 register have recently left 바카라사이트 OfS.

Gordon McKenzie, chief executive of GuildHE, which represents small, specialist providers, said that 바카라사이트 delays in processing 바카라사이트 register were ¡°disappointing¡±.

¡°I hope OfS is now ensuring 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 resources in place to clear this backlog as quickly as possible. The delay affects providers¡¯ ability to compete on a fair and equal basis and, even more importantly, it causes uncertainty for prospective students,¡± Mr McKenzie said.

An OfS spokesman said that it was ¡°working to complete assessments as soon as possible and aiming to give providers who applied for registration by 바카라사이트 end of May a decision by 바카라사이트 end of October¡±.

¡°We have been conducting rigorous assessments of registration applications, many of which did not include all 바카라사이트 information that we needed to carry out 바카라사이트 assessments, or required additional clarification. This has meant that we have not been able to complete 바카라사이트 processing of applications at 바카라사이트 speed we had originally anticipated,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman added.

¡°We are working to complete assessments as soon as possible and are aiming to give providers who applied for registration by 바카라사이트 end of May a decision by 바카라사이트 end of October.¡±

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that 바카라사이트 new regulatory regime was ¡°meant to be more responsive to students and providers, and current teething problems mean that has yet to happen¡±.

He added: ¡°This shows yet again that 바카라사이트 scale of upheaval involved in 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 Office for Students was unnecessarily big.¡±

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