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Education, Academic Autonomy and the Cuts

Education, Academic Autonomy and the Cuts. A Teach-In at the University of Kent 8 December 2010. The University Idea 1810-2010. David Ormrod. National Debt as a percentage of GNP, 1700-2000. 1900-2010. UGC 1919 New Universities.

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Education, Academic Autonomy and the Cuts

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  1. Education, Academic Autonomy and the Cuts A Teach-In at the University of Kent 8 December 2010

  2. The University Idea1810-2010 David Ormrod

  3. National Debt as a percentage of GNP, 1700-2000

  4. 1900-2010 UGC 1919 New Universities

  5. Universities as a Civic and Democratic Space Julia Twigg

  6. The Real State of the Nation’s Finances and the Future of Equal Educational Opportunity Peter Taylor-Gooby

  7. The Cuts • Is there no alternative? • No obvious necessity • Unusual compared to other highly developed economies • A huge risk, taking demand out in recovery • A new liberal market direction for the UK or ‘politics as usual’?

  8. Projected public spending (%GDP, IMF Nov 2010)

  9. Who loses out? • Mainly service cuts (73%) not tax rises • Hit the poor, women, tenants, those with high needs (disabled, frail elderly, at risk families ) • Now according to official analyses Spending Review: Annex table 5! • Some (temporary) impact on top 2/3 per cent

  10. Distributional impact 2010-14:families and working non-family first! IFS Oct ‘10

  11. University participation rates: improving slowly, will this continue? Class I, II Class III and III (n-man) (man), IV & V 1991/92 35% 11% 2001/02 50% 19% Source: Dept for Education and Skills/Social Trends 34

  12. Removing the stepping stones • Means tested grant up to £30 per week for 16-19s in edn post-GCSE • Currently covers 620,000 young people from poorest households • Has improved staying on rates, especially among boys whose parents are unemployed, unskilled • ‘Locally discretionary’ - no cash!

  13. Repayment • Loans repaid at a salary of £25k, at 9% • A mother placing 2 children in a full time nursery in London has to earn £28,252 to pay for child care and get more than benefits (G. 4.12.10) • Repayment does not take account of child care costs.

  14. Speaking and Acting as an Academic Community John Fitzpatrick Helen Wood

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