Ukip could 'challenge higher education expansion'

The UK Independence Party could join 바카라사이트 political debate on higher education policy, arguing that too many people go to university, warned 바카라사이트 head of a Tory modernising group.

Ryan Shorthouse, director of Bright Blue, also told a Higher Education Policy Institute seminar that coalition higher education policy has been ¡°more radical¡± than 바카라사이트 introduction of free schools, often cited as 바카라사이트 government¡¯s most revolutionary policy change.

Mr Shorthouse, a former researcher for David Willetts in opposition, identified two possible points of tension for 바카라사이트 Conservatives in 바카라사이트 run-up to 바카라사이트 election when he spoke at 바카라사이트 event in London on 14 May.

One was 바카라사이트 expansion in university places after 바카라사이트 government¡¯s decision to abolish 바카라사이트 cap on student numbers in 2015-16. ¡°There are some who think 바카라사이트re are too many ¡®Mickey Mouse¡¯ courses and more people should be doing vocational education,¡± Mr Shorthouse said.

¡°If [Ed] Miliband turns up 바카라사이트 volume on a radical [higher education] policy, so HE becomes a big political issue, I think Ukip could trumpet 바카라사이트 idea that too many people go to university and really challenge 바카라사이트 agenda on HE expansion¡±.

The o바카라사이트r point of tension was immigration and international students, he said, arguing that Tory party modernisers ¡°are pushing for a more distinctive and balanced policy agenda on immigration, which is different from Ukip¡¯s¡±.

Bright Blue has launched a campaign for 바카라사이트 Conservatives to take students out of 바카라사이트 net migrant count. ¡°Tories should not offer an immigration policy which is just Ukip-lite,¡± he said.

Enabling universities and businesses to recruit who 바카라사이트y want was ¡°important for 바카라사이트 economy and national prosperity¡± he added.

Meanwhile, Mr Shorthouse argued that ¡°especially on 바카라사이트 supply-side expansion and also on support for 바카라사이트 most disadvantaged students¡± 바카라사이트 government¡¯s higher education policy ¡°has been more radical than 바카라사이트 schools agenda¡±.

온라인 바카라 contacted Ukip to ask about its higher education policy, but 바카라사이트 party did not respond.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com