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HE YEAR 2014 Hiting the headlines A look back at the highs and lows of higher education in 2014 and predictions for the year ahead
Q: In your opinion, what were the major developments in the UK higher education sector in 2014?
Gordon Slaven: The lifting of the cap on places for UK students (announced at Dec 2013) has had a big effect on UK higher education across this year, as institutions atempt to prepare for the potential consequences and jockey to position themselves to the expanded market. The announcement of the Newton
Fund, a £350m five-year programme to facilitate science and innovation partnerships between the UK and developing countries is a major boost towards large-scale, sustainable and mutually beneficial research relationships between the UK and international partners.
International students make a tremendous academic, cultural and economic contribution to life in the UK, and the global competition to atract ambitious young people from around the world becomes more intense every year. There have been persistent calls from the sector, including the VC of Oxford that the government should relax visa regulations and remove students from immigration statistics – calls persistently rejected by the Home Office, despite evidence that it is impacting on the atractiveness of the UK as a study destination. The Home Office’s actions on suspending and in some cases, revoking Tier 4 Visa sponsorship licenses from some private colleges has left no doubts – home or abroad – that the Home Office is determined to clamp down on people abusing the student visa system.
Pam Tatlow: For England it would be the deregulation of student numbers – with more to come in 2015 – while in Scotland it would be the outcome of the referendum. However, all political parties have questions to answer about how they propose to fund universities
CONTRIBUTORS
01. Gordon Slaven, Head of Higher Education, British Council 02. Pam Tatlow, Chief Executive, Million+
03. Megan Dunn, NUS Vice President (higher education)
04. Sam Jones, Head of Comms, University Alliance
05. Alistair Jarvis, Director of Communications and External Relations, Universities UK
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