The Debate on the Future of Higher Education
In his speech to the Wellcome Collection at the end of February, John Denham announced his intention to develop a framework for Higher Education over the next ten to fifteen years. He said:
The world is evolving very quickly and we must be able to unlock British talent and support economic growth through innovation as never before.
We need to decide what a world-class HE system of the future should look like, what it should seek to achieve, and establish the current barriers to its development.
As I have said previously, I want to do this before we initiate the review of undergraduate fees next year.
As part of this process I am inviting a number of individuals and organisations to make contributions. Not to write government policy but to help inform it and - equally important - to stimulate debate and discussion in the sector.
The commissioned contributions have been delivered to the Secretary of State and are now available online.
- International issues in Higher Education
- Academia and public policy making
- Understanding Higher Education institutional performance
- Part-time studies and Higher Education
- Teaching and the student experience
- Research careers
- Demographic challenge facing our universities
- Intellectual property and research benefits
- World leader in e-learning
Have your say
You can have your say on the future of Higher Education at the JISC-hosted blog.
Next steps...
The Secretary of State commissioned in September a number of representatives of the users of higher education to consider both the future of higher education from the perspective of their sector and the reports / recommendations of the contributors. These reports will complement the work of the contributors and are due in early December.
We are also hearing the student view, and are working with members of the National Student Forum
More background information on the initial and ongoing stages of this debate on the Future of Higher Education is available here.
