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“Students at the Heart of the System”

David Nightingale University of Kent. “Students at the Heart of the System”. White Paper: the headlines. Introduce a more affordable & sustainable HE system Open up Higher Education market to Further Education and alternative providers

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“Students at the Heart of the System”

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  1. David Nightingale University of Kent “Students at the Heart of the System”

  2. White Paper: the headlines • Introduce a more affordable & sustainable HE system • Open up Higher Education market to Further Education and alternative providers • Free 85,000 student numbers from current controls in 2012/3; • Unrestrained recruitment of c. 65,000 AAB+ candidates • Create a flexible margin of 20,000 places – for HEIs and others with average fee below £7500 to bid • Change the data landscape of Higher Education • Improving data provision for students and stakeholders • Rationalise the collection of information • Consultation on a single regulatory framework covering all institutions that want to be part of the English HE system • Introduce risk based quality regime –focussing effort where most impact

  3. Some implications • Intense competition amongst universities for AAB+ students (and for Science students?) • Nuclear arms race in terms of scholarships etc. • Reduced number of places at most universities in non-science subjects for students achieving below AAB (thus more competition amongst students) • Huge continuing uncertainties • Whether core-margin will continue and be extended beyond 2012 • Shift towards lower fee charging institutions: • Is it what students want? • Is it politically sustainable?

  4. Some consequences • Great volatility in funding for individual universities and HEIs • Fall in applications to UCAS for 2012 • Damage to widening participation objectives • Damage to collaborative partnerships

  5. Some consequences for Kent’s collaborations • Potential mixed economy of franchised & validated arrangements with a single FE partner • Some programmes where the students will remain Kent students, others where they will be the partner’s students – all with a single partner • Raises issues for the management of the quality of the student learning experience • Directly funded FE partners will assume responsibility for HESA, Student Loans, KIS

  6. Information for prospective students • Key Information Set: • Student satisfaction • Costs of study and accommodation • Availability of financial support • Employment outcomes (by course) including average salary of graduates • Expected study hours (by course) and mix of learning and teaching methods • Assessment methods (by course)

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