Authors
David Kernohan, Simon Marginson, Gordon McKenzie, Chris Milward, Huw Morris, Glen O’Hara, Shahid Omer, David Phoenix, Alex Proudfoot, James Purnell, Palvinder Singh, Michelle Smyth, Andy Westwood, Alison Wolf
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- Pages
- 95
- Published in
- United Kingdom
Table of Contents
- About the authors 2
- Acknowledgements 3
- About EDSK 5
- Contents 6
- Executive summary 7
- Funding for institutions 7
- Regulation and quality assurance 9
- Student finance and widening access 9
- Regional factors 10
- The role of employers 12
- Conclusion 12
- Recommendations 13
- A new foundation for tertiary education in England 13
- A better deal for students 14
- A fairer funding settlement for tertiary education 14
- A localised model for delivering tertiary education 15
- Rethinking the quality and regulation landscape 16
- Building a tertiary qualification system 17
- 1. Introduction 18
- 2. Funding for institutions 23
- The disjointed approach to higher-level study 23
- The complexity of lower-level provision 25
- Inconsistencies in calculating the cost of courses 26
- Distortions caused by funding incentives 28
- The lack of long-term thinking on funding 29
- 3. Regulation and quality assurance 31
- Overlapping roles and responsibilities 31
- The work of the Office for Students 32
- Significant overlap for Level 4 and 5 qualifications 34
- Confused approach to quality assurance 35
- Regulatory and data collection burdens 36
- 4. Student finance and widening access 38
- Concerns over loan repayments 38
- Insufficient levels of maintenance support 40
- Questions over improving access to higher-level study 42
- 5. Regional factors 44
- Duplication of tertiary provision 44
- Dealing with cold spots 47
- 6. The role of employers 50
- The impact of the apprenticeship levy 50
- Yet another new funding pot 52
- Absence of wider coordination with employers 53
- 7. Recommendations 56
- A new foundation for tertiary education in England 58
- RECOMMENDATION 1 58
- RECOMMENDATION 2 59
- A better deal for students 61
- RECOMMENDATION 3 61
- RECOMMENDATION 4 62
- RECOMMENDATION 5 63
- A fairer funding settlement for tertiary education 63
- RECOMMENDATION 6 63
- RECOMMENDATION 7 64
- RECOMMENDATION 8 65
- RECOMMENDATION 9 66
- A localised model for delivering tertiary education 68
- RECOMMENDATION 10 68
- RECOMMENDATION 11 70
- CLASSROOM-BASED PROVISION 70
- Teaching Support Fund 70
- 2. Student Support Fund 70
- Local Skills Fund Capital Funding 70
- WORKPLACE-BASED PROVISION 70
- National Skills Fund 70
- National Apprenticeship Fund 70
- RECOMMENDATION 12 71
- RECOMMENDATION 13 72
- Rethinking the quality and regulation landscape 73
- RECOMMENDATION 14 73
- RECOMMENDATION 15 75
- RECOMMENDATION 16 76
- Building a tertiary qualification system 78
- RECOMMENDATION 17 78
- RECOMMENDATION 18 79
- 8. Areas for further consideration 81
- Provision for 16 to 18-year-olds 81
- Private versus public sector bodies 81
- International students 82
- Research funding 82
- Franchising and subcontracting 83
- Online provision 83
- A new approach to data 84
- Conclusion 85
- References 87
