Transcript 2. TVU Keynote Lecture 2006. (MSPowerPoint 104KB)

Further, Higher, Better?
Gareth Parry
University of Sheffield
Why divide, and does it matter?
• a long-standing feature?
• an English peculiarity?
• an issue for public policy?
Some policy history ...
1944: an FE system + the universities
1966: colleges-polytechnics + the universities
1988: FE + polytechnics + the universities
1992: FE + HE
2000: L&S + HE
Staying with sectors ...
Policy silence, except for:
• the uniqueness of HE
• the disorder of post-16
From elite to mass: the FE
contribution
• England: a ‘qualifying’ rather than
‘providing’ role for FE
• Scotland: a leading role for FE in taking HE
expansion
From mass to near-universal
access: the FE contribution
• England: breaking the traditional pattern of
demand, with dual sectors (‘the English
experiment’)
• Scotland: holding at 50%, with tertiary
arrangements
Figure 1: Higher education students in HEIs and FECs in the United Kingdom by country and level of study
(excluding the Open University), 2001-02
Other undergraduate
First degree
Postgraduate
1400
1200
Numbers (000s)
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Contemporary configurations of
FE and HE
• mixed economy colleges
• dual-sector universities
• cross-sector partnerships
All FECs teaching their own and franchised students for higher education and higher level qualifications in
England, 2000-01 (HEFCE & ISR data)
5,500
Franchised
5,000
Registered
4,500
Number of students
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
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Further Education Colleges
Dual-sector universities
TVU
Leeds Metropolitan University
University of the Arts
University of Derby
Writtle College
Birmingham CFTCS
FE:HE
60:40
45:55
50:50
40:60
90:10
80:20
Semi-compulsory partnerships
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•
•
•
for validation
for (indirect) funding
for (increasing & widening) participation
for (vocational) progression: Lifelong
Learning Networks, with additional funded
numbers
So, do sectors matter?
• no restraint on partnerships
• functional for some
• a check on mission drift?
but:
• asymmetries of policy and power
• ‘double stratification’: social & institutional
• a common enterprise?
After 2010?
• spending review
• fee deregulation
• demographic downturn
The ESRC FurtherHigher Project
Why do the English divide?
With what effect on organisations?
With what impact on participation and
equity?
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