The independent panel appointed to inform the Government’s Review
of Post-18 Education and Funding has launched a call for
evidence today (21 March).
The panel is seeking views from all interested parties on the
four areas it has been asked to consider:
- Choice: identifying ways to help people make more effective
choices between the different options available after 18, so they
can make more informed decisions about their futures.
- Value for money: looking at how students and graduates
contribute to the cost of their studies, to ensure funding
arrangements across post-18 education in the future are
transparent and do not stop people from accessing higher
education or training.
- Access: enabling people from all backgrounds to progress and
succeed in post-18 education, while also examining how
disadvantaged students receive additional financial support from
the government, universities and colleges.
- Skills provision: making sure we have a post-18 education
system that is providing the skills that employers need.
Chair of the review panel Philip Augar said:
This is an ambitious and wide-ranging review. We begin with no
preconceptions. Our priority is to undertake a thorough
examination of the evidence and to hear from a broad range of
stakeholders who like us are committed to ensuring the system
works for everyone.
I very much hope that many of you will contribute to our call
for evidence so that the review will be able to deliver a
system that incentivizes choice and competition, improves
access and delivers the skills the economy needs in a way that
provides value for students and taxpayers.
The call for evidence will run until Wednesday 2 May 2018. The
independent panel will publish their report at an interim stage
and the review will conclude in early 2019.
