News has come about regarding the sale of the Charitable College of Law to a private equity firm, who now has degree awarding powers....
Uclan PRF (Pedagogic Research Forum) A Higher Education blog linked to the PRF at the University of Central Lancashire.
Showing posts with label Public Higher Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public Higher Education. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
University A Levels
In the news at the moment is a story around universities, specifically 'Russell Group' elite universities being given control over A-Levels, by the Education Secretary Michael Gove ...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Challenges facing Higher Education
The HE Guardian has come up with this great infographic detailing the research they did on the challenges facing HE today. The changes in the sector section indicated that most people think things are getting worse and that the coalition government has no coherent set of policies to see HE through this turbulent time.... but
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
University funding for 2012-13
Here is the letter from BIS. There is going to be a cut in teaching funding but research is mostly ok, with Willets saying "Our universities play a vital role building the skills and knowledge Britain needs to grow. That is why we have protected HEFCE funding for research "
but it looks like he does not think teaching plays a role in the knowledge economy? We knew the teaching cuts were coming but the £830M drop is still staggering!
but it looks like he does not think teaching plays a role in the knowledge economy? We knew the teaching cuts were coming but the £830M drop is still staggering!
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Alternative White Paper!
In defence of public Higher Education
Hundreds of academics have signed an alternative white paper which claims that the government's planned education reforms are fundamentally misguided. They state nine propositions in defence of public Higher Education, and draw a clear definition of what a university is and does.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/interactive/2011/sep/27/higher-education-alternative-white-paper?CMP=twt_gu
1. Higher education serves public benefits as well as private ones. These require financial support if these benefits are to continue to be provided.
2. Public universities are necessary to build and maintain confidence in public debate.
3. Public universities have a social mission, contributing to the amelioration of social inequality, which is the corollary of the promotion of social mobility.
4. Public higher education is part of a generational contract in which an older generation invests in the wellbeing of future generations that will support them in turn.
5. Public institutions providing similar programmes of study should be funded at a similar level.
6. Education cannot be treated as a simple consumer good; consumer sovereignty is an inappropriate means of placing students at the heart of the system.
7. Training in skills is not the same as a university education. While the first is valuable in its own terms, a university education provides more than technical training. This should be clearly recognised in the title of a university.
8. The university is a community made up of diverse disciplines as well as different activities of teaching, research and external collaboration. These activities are maintained by academics, managers, administrators and a range of support staff, all of whom contribute to what is distinctive about the university as a community.
9. Universities are not only global institutions. They also serve their local and regional communities and their different traditions and contexts are important
What do you think of the above points?
Is the government confused on the real purpose of Public Higher Education. What about for profit providers should they be treated the same as public universities would they bring the same benefits?
Hundreds of academics have signed an alternative white paper which claims that the government's planned education reforms are fundamentally misguided. They state nine propositions in defence of public Higher Education, and draw a clear definition of what a university is and does.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/interactive/2011/sep/27/higher-education-alternative-white-paper?CMP=twt_gu
1. Higher education serves public benefits as well as private ones. These require financial support if these benefits are to continue to be provided.
2. Public universities are necessary to build and maintain confidence in public debate.
3. Public universities have a social mission, contributing to the amelioration of social inequality, which is the corollary of the promotion of social mobility.
4. Public higher education is part of a generational contract in which an older generation invests in the wellbeing of future generations that will support them in turn.
5. Public institutions providing similar programmes of study should be funded at a similar level.
6. Education cannot be treated as a simple consumer good; consumer sovereignty is an inappropriate means of placing students at the heart of the system.
7. Training in skills is not the same as a university education. While the first is valuable in its own terms, a university education provides more than technical training. This should be clearly recognised in the title of a university.
8. The university is a community made up of diverse disciplines as well as different activities of teaching, research and external collaboration. These activities are maintained by academics, managers, administrators and a range of support staff, all of whom contribute to what is distinctive about the university as a community.
9. Universities are not only global institutions. They also serve their local and regional communities and their different traditions and contexts are important
What do you think of the above points?
Is the government confused on the real purpose of Public Higher Education. What about for profit providers should they be treated the same as public universities would they bring the same benefits?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)