…ority 3 – investing in the future We need smarter, sustainable funding for UK Higher Education. We need to ensure investment is strategic to prevent cuts to student places or underinvestment in high quality programmes. Our higher education loan programme (HELP) proposal offers a possible solution to sustainable funding – a new student loan model that can help every student cover the cost of studying. Social mobility through higher education should…
…rms of repayments, 64% felt the size of the loan was the biggest concern. 2. 60% of undergraduate students feel that having an upfront fee with no loan available makes them less likely to undertake a postgraduate degree. 66% feel that access to a student loan would make them more likely to study for a postgraduate qualification. When students were asked what effect the up-front fee with no loan for postgraduate study had on their likelihood to und…
…rer students will always be disadvantaged in a system that restricts places. 2. We need to move beyond access and include student success but government funding to support this activity is just 2% of the total HE budget and is constantly under threat. We need to maintain or even increase this funding (known currently as Student Opportunity funding). 3. Graduate careers are changing all the time but public discourse is not keeping pace. The result…
…at constitutes a ‘good’ choice when it comes to going to university in the UK. This is why we are calling for funding to the National Careers Service to be increased to ensure that anyone making a decision about higher education is able to find the best course for them. ENDS Download the report. Summary of the recommendations from the report 1. We should continue to support widening participation to higher education for all. This means ensuring un…
…ith our members and cascade information out through our membership channels. Link communications on women into technology and engineering careers to a national campaign through use of a logo and signposting to a campaign website. Use consistent campaign messages in our communications activities on women in technology and engineering careers. Work in partnership with other Compact signatories to align messages for maximum effect, for example by tim…
…are easily understood by native speakers and learners from other countries. They can understand complex verbal discussion and read long documents, all of which are crucial skills for professionals who need to deal with people and information in their working environment. If students identify that they need to improve their language ability, then they should set themselves a series of attainable goals. It’s important to remember that successful la…
…the country and – one day – the world. Read the beginning of his story here. Here is Bill’s story 6 months on… It’s funny, it doesn’t feel that long since I was walking through the Houses of Parliament at the launch party back in April, but when I think of what was happening here at Distant Future Animation Studio back then, it feels like ages ago. We’re now in the middle of our most successful year to date and we’re on track to achieve a rise of…
…ng graduates to start and grow their businesses in every region across the UK. University and enterprise are also powerful players in transforming lives and driving social change. Graduates are seeing issues around them and finding solutions, from medical aids to rethinking charity and tackling youth unemployment. Consequently, universities should be key partners when developing Government schemes such as Start-Up Loans and the new national fund f…
…itution – one ranked by Times Higher Education as among the top ten in the UK under the age of 50. At the same time, the University’s roots lie in the School of Navigation, founded by Dr John Merrifield in 1862 to answer a national call for improved training and education for mariners. While the University has grown beyond all recognition since that era, our commitment to serving our communities is still at the heart of what we do.” The new £19 mi…
…ators measuring graduate saturation and discusses the implications for the UK. The evidence is that graduate vacancies continue to grow. Jobs in ‘graduate dense’ occupations are an increasing proportion of the total workforce. Graduate employment rates have been maintained despite the rapid expansion in the number of graduates and there is still a significant graduate premium. Contrary to popular belief, the evidence suggests that we need to incre…
