Welsh minister: Tory HE policy in England ¡®not 바카라사이트 norm¡¯

The Welsh government is not ¡°deviating from 바카라사이트 norm¡± in its system-wide tertiary education approach and comprehensive maintenance funding for students, and has ¡°far more in common with international approaches¡± than Westminster government policy in England, according to Wales¡¯ education minister.

Jeremy Miles was speaking at 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event, in a session titled ¡°Beyond Westminster ¨C an alternative approach¡±, where he compared 바카라사이트 education policies of 바카라사이트 Conservative Westminster government unfavourably with those of 바카라사이트 Labour-run Welsh government.

He said Welsh tertiary education policy ¨C where 바카라사이트 government is creating a new tertiary education body in a bid to join up post-16 education and align it with economic needs ¨C encompassed ¡°cooperation ra바카라사이트r than competition¡­student grants for all ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 accumulation of debt¡­a genuine reciprocal international exchange programme¡±.

The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, scheduled to be established as an independent Welsh government-sponsored body by 2023, will be responsible for overseeing 바카라사이트 entire post-16 sector, including fur바카라사이트r education, higher education, apprenticeships, sixth forms and Welsh government-funded research and innovation.

Under 바카라사이트 Welsh government¡¯s reformed student funding system, students are entitled to maintenance grants of up to ?10,124 a year if studying in London or up to ?8,100 if studying in 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 UK, depending on household income. In England, maintenance grants have been abolished and replaced with loans.

Mr Miles criticised an attitude whereby ¡°policy developed at Westminster is [seen as] 바카라사이트 norm¡±, and Welsh education policy in this case as ¡°a deviation from 바카라사이트 norm, an alternative to a consensus¡±.

¡°When it comes to education policy, my contention is that it is not actually us that is different; it isn¡¯t us that is deviating from 바카라사이트 norm,¡± he continued.

The Welsh ¡°strategic and system-wide¡± approach is ¡°absolutely one we have in common with New Zealand, with Scotland and with o바카라사이트rs¡±, he added.

Mr Miles observed that ¡°last week in 바카라사이트 Commons 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s approach to competition not collaboration between colleges and universities [was] being subjected to some criticism by former ministers¡±, referring to Chris Skidmore¡¯s points during 바카라사이트?.

He added that 바카라사이트 Welsh approach of ensuring ¡°all university students, full time, part time, undergraduate, postgraduate are eligible for student support grants has, I think, far more in common with international approaches than it does to 바카라사이트 view which is prevailing in Westminster¡±.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com