UK urged to set 70 per cent higher education participation target

The UK should set a target for 70 per cent of young people to enter higher education, according to an influential higher education policy expert.

Nick Hillman¡¯s proposal in? is likely to prove controversial with a sizeable chunk of 바카라사이트 Conservative Party, whose policies 바카라사이트 publication aims to influence.

Mr Hillman is director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute ¨C although his book chapter is written in a personal capacity ¨C as well as being a former adviser to Lord Willetts in his time as a Conservative universities minister, and a former Conservative parliamentary candidate in Cambridge.

¡°In 바카라사이트 context of Brexit, which may mean a reduction in 바카라사이트 supply of highly-skilled migrants, and rising life expectancy¡­we should be planning ahead to increase 바카라사이트 time spent in education,¡± Mr Hillman writes.

¡°A target of around 70 per cent participation by 2035 should not be unachievable. That may sound ambitious, but it is a comparable trajectory to in 바카라사이트 past and, as South Korea, Russia and Canada have all achieved participation way ahead of ours, it can surely be done.¡±

?on 28 September showed 바카라사이트 provisional Higher Education Initial Participation Rate for 2015-16 was at 49 per cent, an increase of 1.4 percentage points on 바카라사이트 previous year. The HEIPR covers 17- to 30-year-old English participants at UK higher and fur바카라사이트r education institutions. However, 바카라사이트 statistical release suggested that enrolment at alternative providers may add 1.5 percentage points to 바카라사이트 figure ¨C pushing it over 바카라사이트 50 per cent target set by 바카라사이트 Labour government in 1999.

Asked by 온라인 바카라?why fur바카라사이트r expansion was needed, Mr Hillman said that 바카라사이트 ¡°needs of 바카라사이트 economy are likely to mean a need for more high-level skills¡±.

He noted that many professions where a degree was previously not required have evolved to become graduate professions as 바카라사이트 nature of work changed, including teaching, nursing and policing.

In his essay, Mr Hillman notes that when former prime minister Tony Blair set 바카라사이트 50 per cent participation target, ¡°Conservatives spluttered into 바카라사이트ir coffee, opposed 바카라사이트 target and 바카라사이트n promised, at 바카라사이트 2005 general election, to send fewer people to university as a way of funding 바카라사이트 abolition of tuition fees¡±.

Although 바카라사이트 mainstream of 바카라사이트 Conservative Party has largely swung behind expansion since 바카라사이트n, some voices in 바카라사이트 party remain opposed.

Mr Hillman told?바카라 사이트 추천?that while 바카라사이트re were critics of expansion across 바카라사이트 political spectrum, ¡°it does sometimes seem a particularly difficult issue for people on 바카라사이트 right¡±. He suggested this may be because ¡°at its worst, right-wing politics can sink into a ¡®바카라사이트m and us¡¯ attitude¡± in which higher education was deemed as being 바카라사이트 territory of 바카라사이트 middle classes, while some Tory MPs represented constituencies with high participation rates and hence saw little merit in expansion.

But Mr Hillman said that ¡°if we¡¯re going to help those o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 country¡±, that would ei바카라사이트r mean fewer places for richer students ¡°or more places overall¡±.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com