How to dismantle a sector
Martin Weller,
The Ed Techie,
Sept 03, 2012
Two-part article (part one, part two) on the dismantling of the higher education sector in Britain. In the first part, Martin Weller describes the creation of a student load system:
- he coalition seems to have not considered the scenario that most universities will charge the top rate of £9000.
- The scheme then turns out to be more costly to realise than the existing method.
- In a panic, the government then introduces Student Number Control so that it can cap the number of loans it gives out
In the second part, he looks at why London Met university had their licence to act as a sponsor for overseas students revoked. This nsort of action destabilizes the system. "By these commando tactics, the Government could achieve a radically different higher education model, with the high brand universities remaining intact, and the rest of the market provision from private universities, which fits better with a conservative free market model."
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