Transcript 25. Presentation to Staffordshire University Regional Federation. (MSPowerpoint 245KB)

FurtherHigher Education to
2020
Gareth Parry
University of Sheffield
England is different
Scotland: below bachelor only
Wales: franchise only
England: plural and strategic
Before the fall
 Mainstreaming: strategy and monitoring
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requirements (for all)
Clearing: small pockets
Strengthening: centres of excellence (for some)
Stabilising: structured partnerships (for the
many)
Awarding powers (for the few)
Targeting: under-served areas
After 2011
 Demographic decline
 Fee deregulation (perhaps)
 Increased competition
 Selective intervention
 Rediscovery of adults
 Survival of sectors (probably)
What of the English experiment?
 Changing the pattern of demand, with
supply-side and demand-side incentives
 Increasing differentiation, without formal
stratification
 Controlling the range, alongside diversity
of mission