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Changing higher education provision
1. Changing HE / higher skills provision
22nd March 2013
Louis Coiffait, Head of Research
@LouisMMCoiffait
The Pearson Think Tank
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5. Reminding ourselves of the current context
Why might HE / higher-level skills matter?
2008 recession, 2013 0.6% UK growth, maybe even triple dip?
Still c. 1m young people unemployed
Plan A austerity, £11.5bn savings this Spending Round
UK Plc, competitive knowledge economy, Made (better) in Britain?
Radical changes to make UK HE / skills systems more ‘responsive’…
6. Reminding ourselves of the current context
Why might HE / higher-level skills matter?
ONS via Guardian http://goo.gl/VyPR6
7. Trends in UK HE / higher skills provision
What is currently happening on the ground?
Funding increasingly follows learners in England, 4 nations diverging
Increasingly competitive and marketised system, student ‘choice’
e.g. competing for 115k ABB students, Key Information Set (KIS)
Total HE sector income up 2.8% and ‘efficiencies’ made...
but wide variation, low surpluses, 3.5% fall in 2012/13 learners
Growing (narrow?) focus on outcomes by all stakeholders
education = employment = £ / growth / competitiveness ?
Institutions seeking to be distinctive and attractive
e.g. How many are ‘The employability university’
8. Changing UK HE / higher skills
What alternatives are emerging, other than work?
(Higher) apprenticeships, with strong government backing
…but ongoing challenges to delivering them well at scale
Why don’t more (than 2) HEI’s deliver higher apprenticeships?
Large employers increasingly targeting school leavers
sometimes incorporating HE… the Morrisons Academy at Hull Uni
sometimes not… Deloitte BrightStart with professional quals
Cost of HE; recent UK rises, USA already high
e.g. 2-year $100k Thiel fellowships (not to go to uni)
Corrosive narrative of ‘too many thick kids on Mickey-mouse courses’
9. Changing UK HE / higher skills
How is part-time provision changing?
-40% since 2010 (105k decline) - more sensitive to fees?
Hard to measure, highly variable provision, blurred definitions
Lower completion / achievement - impact on rankings
A complex picture, needs careful institutional / national focus
IES identified four types; career enhancers, career changers, non-
career learners and career entrants and suggested FE and private
providers have the most expansion potential
Institute for Employment Studies (IES) http://goo.gl/ibV15
10. Changing UK HE / higher skills
Can provision change to target/support other groups?
How do these groups overlap with part-time learners?
Mature learners
Postgrads
International students
Opportunities for institutional and course specialisation?
11. Changing UK HE / higher skills
How is online provision changing?
MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs (hype?)
Face-to-face interaction can never be replaced, only augmented
It is an acceleration of change, but the debate often too polarised
Tends to miss the c.40 year history of distance and open learning
Unclear where it leads the sector yet (though I’m pretty hopeful)
Stupid name, soon MOOCs will just be known as … courses
(appropriately blended and personalised for the learner)
Open up access. Make provision cheaper, flexible, data-supported
How are institutions using technology to support their mission?
…and to target / support different specific groups?
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US/UK trends, what about Europe?
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