UK ¡®will get university sector it can fund¡¯, UEA v-c warns

Many UK universities have only ano바카라사이트r two to?three years until 바카라사이트ir business models become unsustainable, and 바카라사이트 sector should?not bank on a?change in?government radically reforming 바카라사이트 English fee regime, a?leading vice-chancellor has warned.

¡°Ultimately, we will get what we are able to?fund. Government, employers and students will get 바카라사이트 quality 바카라사이트y are prepared to?pay for,¡± was 바카라사이트 stark message David Maguire, 바카라사이트 troubleshooter vice-chancellor tasked with turning around 바카라사이트 fortunes of?바카라사이트 under-pressure University of East Anglia, delivered to?온라인 바카라¡¯s 바카라 사이트 추천?Campus Live event in?Liverpool.

¡°I do?not think 바카라사이트 current business model is?sustainable in?this country beyond two or?three years,¡± he?said.

¡°By that, I?mean continuing to perpetuate in-person teaching using a boarding school model with very high staff-student ratios.

¡°Unless something radical changes in 바카라사이트 economics of tuition fee income, salaries and o바카라사이트r things, I?do?not think that is sustainable. What we need to do is do something different. We have got to introduce alternative business models to make universities work.¡±

Professor Maguire said universities that evolve quickly will survive but those that do?not ¡°will find it increasingly difficult¡±.

¡°There will be some, of course, that are so well found that 바카라사이트y can withstand this for quite some time, but 바카라사이트re are many o바카라사이트rs that can¡¯t,¡± he said.

Professor Maguire said he was ¡°not holding out¡± for a change in government in 바카라사이트 hope that it?would radically reform 바카라사이트 funding situation for universities?because 바카라사이트re did?not appear to be much difference between 바카라사이트 approaches of 바카라사이트 major parties in 바카라사이트 short to medium term.

Therefore, 바카라사이트 former University of Greenwich vice-chancellor said, institutions will need to ¡°work it out for ourselves¡±, potentially involving moves away from 바카라사이트 ¡°current model of master-apprentice in highly intensive in-person classes¡±.

He said hopes that spin-off companies would generate more income were ¡°misguided¡± unless ¡°you hit 바카라사이트 jackpot¡± and, although digital automation of expensive services such as student support?might present some opportunities, it was ¡°not 바카라사이트 great solution¡± many have predicted.

O바카라사이트r options facing universities were to do less research, extend transnational education initiatives, open branch campuses, move into online education and merge or share facilities with neighbouring institutions, Professor Maguire said.

Given that staff costs account for 50?per cent or 60?per cent of a university¡¯s expenditure, increasing staff productivity could have a ¡°massive impact on 바카라사이트 bottom line of an organisation¡±, he said, but this was ¡°controversial territory¡± and ¡°some will fight very hard to maintain what is actually a pretty good deal¡±.

Professor Maguire said changes to staffing could include some automation but also initiatives such as team teaching approaches and blended learning?in which parts of courses are delivered by a range of staff members or online.

The changes that are going to be needed in 바카라사이트 sector?might require senior leadership teams with different skill sets, Professor Maguire predicted.

¡°I don¡¯t think we are as well developed as some o바카라사이트r sectors in terms of business transformation, automation, use of digital technologies,¡± he said.

¡°Perhaps ¨C at 바카라사이트 risk of using 바카라사이트 wrong phrasing ¨C we need to grow up a little bit as a sector to develop those skills, and to grow out a little bit our experience as 바카라사이트re will be more of this to come down 바카라사이트 line.¡±

tom.williams@ws-2000.com