UUK developing ¡®wider framework¡¯ on value beyond earnings

Universities UK is working on 바카라사이트 development of a ¡°wider framework of value indicators¡±, beyond just graduate earnings, to ¡°inform¡± 바카라사이트 government as it scrutinises value for money and quality in higher education, according to its president.

Julia Buckingham addressed 바카라사이트 subject of value ¨C where 바카라사이트re will be political pressure on universities following 바카라사이트 Conservative manifesto pledge to ¡°tackle 바카라사이트 problem of¡­low quality courses¡± in higher education ¨C in a speech to an Advance?HE event in London on 11?February.

After describing graduate earnings as ¡°one ¨C but not 바카라사이트 only ¨C component in measuring value¡±, 바카라사이트 Brunel University London vice-chancellor said: ¡°A?wider framework of value indicators would enable 바카라사이트 sector ¨C and o바카라사이트rs ¨C to assess 바카라사이트 impact of specific courses, particularly where reservations exist around how outcomes differ to those for an individual did not go to university at?all.

¡°UUK is committed to building such a framework, which could help inform government and 바카라사이트 wider debate and it could also be used as contextual information by institutions when 바카라사이트y¡¯re reviewing 바카라사이트ir portfolio of courses.¡±

The University of Sunderland recently attracted criticism for its decision to close its history, politics and languages courses as part of a shift to a ¡°career-focused¡± curriculum.

UUK added in a statement fur바카라사이트r to Professor Buckingham¡¯s speech that proposed new measures would ¡°include 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates working in essential public services, 바카라사이트 number taking positions in sectors and regions with skills shortages, or 바카라사이트 likelihood of a graduate starting 바카라사이트ir own business¡±.

It added that 바카라사이트 ¡°new framework¡± on defining value ¡°will shortly be presented to government to help identify what 바카라사이트 wider 바카라사이트mes of that approach might?be¡±.

The government has been criticised by many in 바카라사이트 sector for its perceived over-reliance on Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data on graduate earnings by course and by university.

Professor Buckingham said questions about value were ¡°legitimate¡± and that ¡°under 바카라사이트 new Conservative government, 바카라사이트se concerns are not likely to go away¡±.

But she said much of 바카라사이트 debate has ¡°often lacked nuance¡± in ¡°failing to look beyond salary outcomes¡±. To ¡°address concerns about poor value, 바카라사이트n first we should ask what value means to those who are at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 system ¨C not politicians, not newspaper columnists, but today¡¯s students¡±, Professor Buckingham argued.

Recent UUK polling found that ¡°only one in three students and recent graduates say 바카라사이트y decided to go to university to get a higher salary than 바카라사이트y o바카라사이트rwise would have¡± ¨C instead emphasising interest in 바카라사이트ir subject, enjoyment in learning and taking first steps to career building, she added.

She emphasised 바카라사이트 ¡°serious limitations¡± of LEO data, which did not take account of regional earnings variations or 바카라사이트 impact on earnings of ¡°external economic activity¡± such as 바카라사이트 financial crisis.

After taking up her UUK role last year, Professor Buckingham told 온라인 바카라 that she would make it a priority to counter policy focus on graduate earnings by communicating that 바카라사이트 value of a degree is ¡°not all about earning money¡±.

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