To what extent is the prestige of an institution
influencing students’ decisions? What unintended consequences
could the Government’s pursuit of greater transparency around
university funding have? How much of a concern for universities’
business models is the declining number of international
students?
These are some of the issues the House
of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will be
exploring with witnesses on Tuesday 28 November
2017.
At 3.35pm the Committee will hear from:
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Dr Professor Julia Buckingham, Vice-Chancellor and
President, Brunel University
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Professor Sir Keith Burnett, Vice Chancellor,
Sheffield University
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Professor Graham Virgo QC, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Education, Cambridge University
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Professor James Stirling CBE FRS, Provost, Imperial
College London.
Other questions the Committee is likely to ask
include:
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The University of Cambridge’s written evidence
stated that all their home students are subsidised regardless
of the subject studied. To what extent do classroom-based
subjects cross-subsidise more expensive courses?
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In her oral evidence, Student Room’s Hannah Morrish
said that students were “drowning in information and starving
for wisdom”. How well informed are prospective students? Is the
Teaching Excellence Framework helpful?
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In his evidence, Open University’s Peter Horrocks
said that “People regularly refer to 18-year olds, but if you
look at the entirety of the potential students, the number of
students from disadvantaged areas has fallen.” Have the 2012
reforms to higher education increased social
mobility?
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Has the current system been designed with too much
emphasis on students being young and full-time?
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What are the pros and cons of a combined funding
system for higher and further education and how could this be
achieved?
This evidence session will start at 3.35pm on
Tuesday 28 November 2017 in Committee Room 1 of the House of
Lords.
These sessions are part of the Committee’s ongoing
inquiry into the economics of higher, further and technical
education.
The Committee recently published the written evidence
it has accepted into the inquiry. Click here and
select ‘+View all’ to read this evidence.
