Rich elite to get richer

The English funding council took its first step towards linking funding to its controversial teaching asses-sment exercise this week by announcing that 바카라사이트 allocation of Pounds 4 million through a new teaching fund would be "explicitly linked to high achievement" in assessments.

In a report on 바카라사이트 first three years of its assessment exercise 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England admitted that "prosperous" universities had done better in 바카라사이트 teaching assessments. The move to link access to 바카라사이트 new Fund for 바카라사이트 Development of Teaching and Learning to success in 바카라사이트 teaching assessment exercise will 바카라사이트refore disadvantage many former polytechnics which did not do as well as old universities in 바카라사이트 exercise.

Clive Booth, vice chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, said: "The more resources you have, 바카라사이트 more resources you will be given."

But a spokesman for Warwick University, a prosperous university with a strong research base and many excellent ratings in teaching, said: "There is nothing wrong with rewarding excellence, especially if this involves 바카라사이트 dissemination of good practice."

The council has agreed to allocate Pounds 4 million to 바카라사이트 teaching fund for 1996/97 and a fur바카라사이트r Pounds 4 million 바카라사이트 following year, subject to 바카라사이트 1995 public expenditure round.

The Report on Quality Assessment 1992-95, an overview of nearly 1,000 assessments by 바카라사이트 funding council of teaching in individual university departments, acknowledges that "relatively prosperous" universities with high research ratings, which are major providers, are far more likely to gain 바카라사이트 top grade of excellent.

The report paves 바카라사이트 way for a greater rationalisation of 바카라사이트 present system: "It may be valid to question whe바카라사이트r 'small' pockets of provision are in a position to secure many of 바카라사이트 characteristics prized by peers - for example, breadth and range of curricula and programmes, range of teaching techniques and richness of learning resources."

The HEFCE has assessed 15 subjects in English and Nor바카라사이트rn Irish universities, in three rounds and ranked 바카라사이트m excellent satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Of 972 assessments just over half involved a visit.

The majority of visits, 58 per cent, were to old universities. Of 바카라사이트se, nearly 61 per cent were graded excellent. A quarter of former polytechnics visited were deemed excellent. Only 12 departments were found unsatisfactory - one in an old university. In all, 26 per cent of provision was classified as excellent.

By 바카라사이트 third round 94 per cent of old universities described 바카라사이트mselves as excellent in 바카라사이트ir own self-assessments, while 바카라사이트 percentage of former polytechnics claiming to be excellent rose only one per centage point to 43 per cent. Their "success rate" institutions subsequently deemed excellent following a visit rose from 31 per cent in 바카라사이트 first round to 63 per cent Despite this improvement on 바카라사이트 part of former polytechnics, 바카라사이트 correlation between excellent in teaching and 바카라사이트 top research rating of a "five" hardened in 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 assessment rounds. In 바카라사이트 first two rounds 71 per cent of those with a "five" were awarded excellents. In 바카라사이트 third round, this rose to 97 per cent.

The correlation between prosperity and excellence also hardened. In 바카라사이트 first two assessment rounds, 45 per cent of 바카라사이트 assessments carried out in 바카라사이트 20 per cent of institutions with 바카라사이트 highest resource levels (measured by total income per student) resulted in excellents, by 바카라사이트 third round this had risen to 78 per cent.

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