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UK universities told to show ambition in graduate job
targets
Universities in England have been told to set ambitious targets to support
students into graduate jobs, as the universities minister urged vice-chancellors
to make social mobility “as much about getting on as it is about getting in”.
Under plans to be overseen by the Office for Students (OfS), the higher
education regulator, universities will face sanctions if they fail to reduce
dropout rates among disadvantaged students and set targets for the proportion
going on to well-paid jobs at the end of their course.
“It is a fantastic achievement that so many disadvantaged students get into
university but it is unacceptable that so many still find themselves on courses
where fewer than 50% of those who start have good outcomes after leaving, or are
encouraged on to courses that providers know have poor completion rates,”
Michelle Donelan, the universities and colleges minister, told university
leaders at a conference in London.
The changes will require universities to design new five-year access and
participation plans, which Donelan stressed would need to be easily understood
by potential applicants. Institutions will be able to take into account their
own circumstances.
“From now on universities with poor outcomes will have to set ambitious targets
for reducing dropout rates and improving progression to graduate employment,”
Donelan said. “But they must be ambitious or the plans will not be approved by
the OfS. And the OfS will then hold you to account for meeting those targets,
with consequences if they are not met.”
Donelan also used the event to unveil some details of the government’s promised
lifelong loan entitlement, which was announced by Boris Johnson in September
2020 but will not be in place until 2025.
Once operating, the entitlement will offer funding for up to four years of
education for adults in England, which can be used to pay for undergraduate or
postgraduate courses or split over several modules and courses below degree
level, as well as technical or vocational qualifications.
Donelan promised a consultation on the policy and said successful bids for
piloting short courses would be announced shortly.
Describing the loan entitlement as a revolution similar to the founding of the
NHS, Donelan said: “It will usher in a complete culture shift … toward
fulfilling the needs of those who stand to benefit from higher education and
higher technical education but who at the moment do not see it as an option for
them.”
She added: “I am calling on the entire sector to partner with us to help shape,
publicise and deliver this once-in-a-generation reform.”
Steve West, the president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of UWE Bristol,
said: “It is positive to see a focus on part-time courses, higher technical
qualifications and degree apprenticeships and we look forward to working with
government to boost demand for more diverse and flexible ways of learning.”
He said universities remained “committed to accelerating access to higher
education, particularly for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, while ensuring
students have a high-quality university experience”.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/24/uk-universities-told-to-show-ambition-in-graduate-job-targets