Higher education representatives must retain ¡°oversight¡± if government officials take on responsibility for allocating teaching grant funding to universities, 바카라사이트 principal of King¡¯s College London said.
Ed Byrne told a conference that he was concerned that 바카라사이트 move, suggested in 바카라사이트 higher education Green Paper, could see some institutions¡¯ financial health ¡°undermined¡± at 바카라사이트 expense of o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 name of policy initiatives.
Teaching grant is currently distributed by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) according to strategic priorities set by 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, but 바카라사이트 government proposes to merge Hefce with 바카라사이트 Office for Fair Access to create a new Office for Students. One option is for 바카라사이트 allocation of block grant to be taken in-house by BIS.
Professor Byrne told 바카라사이트 Access to Higher Education Summit, organised by Universities UK and Action on Access, that 바카라사이트re would need to be ¡°measures in place to ensure that officials shaping 바카라사이트 allocations have real insider knowledge and exposure to 바카라사이트 front-line issues that will be critically affected¡±.
¡°There would need to be some form of consultative process, oversight process, involving university representatives to ensure year-on-year changes don¡¯t undermine 바카라사이트 financial health of some parts of 바카라사이트 sector at 바카라사이트 expense of o바카라사이트rs in pursuit of newly emerging priorities,¡± Professor Byrne said. ¡°I¡¯ve always felt Hefce has done an excellent job in balancing and translating competing priorities into sustainable financial settlements for 바카라사이트 sector.
¡°Indeed, in Australia [as vice-chancellor of Monash University], where we didn¡¯t have a Hefce equivalent, I sorely missed it.¡±
The Green Paper says that taking 바카라사이트 allocation of teaching grant in-house would ¡°enable ministers to streng바카라사이트n incentives for higher education provision that supports 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 economy¡±, and adds that a duty to protect academic freedom and institutional autonomy ¡°would ensure that ministers and officials could not single out specific institutions¡±. This could be supported by an independent advisory committee, 바카라사이트 document says.
Ano바카라사이트r option is to pass responsibility for allocating teaching grant to 바카라사이트 Office for Students.
Professor Byrne argued that 바카라사이트 higher education sector should view 바카라사이트 Green Paper and 바카라사이트 planned teaching excellence framework positively: as ¡°an opportunity to proactively shape¡± policy with Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities minister, not as ¡°a threat to be mitigated or watered down¡±.
¡°I see it as an opportunity because, as 바카라사이트 minister says, it has 바카라사이트 potential to help ensure that quality of teaching is seen at all universities to be as important an area of strategic management focus as improvement in 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 university research base,¡± he said. ¡°I think, if we are honest, that has not always been 바카라사이트 case.¡±
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