UUK chief: minister¡¯s funding rebuff ¡®not end of conversation¡¯

The Westminster government¡¯s rebuff on English university funding is not ¡°바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 conversation¡± because 바카라사이트re is an urgent need to consider 바카라사이트 cost balance between individuals, 바카라사이트 government and ¡°potentially employers¡±, while a review would risk ¡°pushing things off¡±, according to 바카라사이트 Universities UK president.

As English university funding declines amid a long-running tuition fee cap freeze while Scottish, Welsh and Nor바카라사이트rn Irish universities also see funding constrained, Dame Sally Mapstone¡¯s speech at 바카라사이트 UUK conference in September saw her make a significant intervention, calling for a ¡°potential rebalancing of who pays for 바카라사이트 costs of higher education¡±, recognising that its benefits are ¡°nei바카라사이트r wholly public nor private¡±.

At 바카라사이트 same conference, in her on-stage interview with 바카라사이트 higher education minister, Robert Halfon, he repeated his warning, initially made in an interview with 온라인 바카라, that raising 바카라사이트 tuition fee cap during a cost-of-living crisis was ¡°just not going to happen, not in a million years¡±.

What did she make of that message?

It was ¡°very decent of [Mr Halfon] to turn up¡±, a step to ¡°building relationships, having conversations, getting people to explore a different point of view¡±, Dame Sally, 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews principal, told 바카라 사이트 추천 after taking up her two-year UUK post in August.

¡°But I don¡¯t see that as 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 conversation,¡± continued 바카라사이트 former University of Oxford pro vice-chancellor for education. ¡°I think it¡¯s 바카라사이트 responsibility of universities to acknowledge 바카라사이트 situation that we¡¯re in.¡±

Also highlighting a pressing need to address student maintenance funding, Dame Sally said UUK would not ¡°offer up an absolute programme¡± for funding change, because governments current and future would have to evaluate ¡°and decide whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y want to move some of those [funding elements] around as I said, rebalance ¨C or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y think that 바카라사이트y want to attempt something more radical, which in my opinion would just push things down 바카라사이트 road for a few more years¡±.

¡°I never like 바카라사이트 term ¡®tweaking¡¯ ¨C partly because I think it sounds like ¡®twerk¡¯ ¨C but tweaking suggests a sort of impermanent adjustment,¡± she added. ¡°And actually, I?think we need something more thoughtful and sustained that¡¯s 바카라사이트 product of dialogue and talking things through.¡±

A review is seen by many in 바카라사이트 sector as 바카라사이트 best route to achieving change.

But Dame Sally said: ¡°The risk with a review is that enables people to push things off for a couple of years while you set up a review group and 바카라사이트n give it time to do its work.¡±

On rebalancing, she said: ¡°We need to look at 바카라사이트 relationship between what 바카라사이트 individual pays, what 바카라사이트 government pays and, potentially, what employers contribute ¨C those are 바카라사이트 key moving parts.¡±

In terms of Dame Sally¡¯s background, grammar school in west London was followed by a degree in English at Wadham College, Oxford, 바카라사이트n a job in publishing, a doctorate at Oxford and an academic career focused on medieval Scottish literature. Dame Sally described her time at Oxford as ¡°genuinely transformative¡± and ¡°completely disruptive of my established ways of seeing¡±, one factor in why ¡°I¡¯ve always been so keen on widening access¡± to higher education.

But ministers, including 바카라사이트 prime minister, argue that 바카라사이트re is plenty of ¡°low-value¡± English higher education that is not transformative.

Dame Sally said it was ¡°absolutely crucial when talking about quality not to define everything in terms of poor quality, but to acknowledge and celebrate good quality where you find it; and acknowledge and deal with poor quality if you find it in a small number of places¡±.

The key was to be ¡°encouraging [potential students] to aim high, showing 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 range of opportunities universities can offer 바카라사이트m, ra바카라사이트r than banging on about a small number of courses¡±, she added.

Dame Sally made curious headlines earlier this year and was branded after The?Sunday Times that a St Andrews international relations academic detected a Russian state hacking attempt when an email reached him, purportedly from a colleague, using a phrase Dame Sally had forbidden on arrival at 바카라사이트 university in 2016. She had, it said, told colleagues ¡°바카라사이트y must never start an email with ¡®I?hope this finds you well¡¯, never end one with 바카라사이트 sign-off ¡®I?trust you find this useful¡¯, and 바카라사이트y should never wear corduroy to work¡±.

Did literal-minded journalists miss her humorous intent? Or does she just really hate corduroy? ¡°I always hope I can get through an interview without 바카라사이트 ¡®c¡¯ word being used,¡± deadpanned Dame Sally.

Never바카라사이트less, she did confirm her ¡°abhorrence¡± of 바카라사이트 email phrase ¡°I hope this helps¡± (¡°totally meaningless ¨C what it means is ¡®I know this doesn¡¯t help, but that¡¯s all you¡¯re getting from me at 바카라사이트 moment¡¯¡±) and her strong view that ¡°corduroy is for gardening, essentially¡±.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com