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HE YEAR 2015 LOOK OUT FOR THE PANEL'S
PREDICTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN 2015 IN THE JANUARY ISSUE OF
the lifting of the cap will allow a freer market to develop in competition for students, and that while the top-rated institutions will benefit, and lower- ranked institutions may be able to offer a cut-price alternative, middle-ranked institutions could suffer in recruitment and consequently be affected by loss of income as a result. Overall, the policy may require an increase in the higher education budget to cover the extra students, which could be a political challenge for the next government.
Pam Tatlow: Expanding opportunities for people to enter higher education is welcome in principle but a big question mark hangs over funding. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, originally said that this expansion would be funded by the sale of the student loan book but that is clearly not going to happen any time soon because the market conditions for such a sale are currently poor. Vice-Chancellors and students are entitled to know how the circle of deregulation will be squared with funding and to receive assurances that the axe will not fall again on the Student Opportunity Allocation fund.
Megan Dunn: We are already seeing concerning trends as a result of the raising of the cap over the past years, and this year there are many universities who have significantly over-recruited. This has left many students being housed in caravans, bunk-beds and sometimes not even in the city that their university is in! In addition, I have big concerns about how this over recruitment will affect the quality of the learning experience students will have. We are seeing students siting on stairways in lecture theatres, compulsory teaching on Saturdays (when many students have child care or work responsibilities) and seminars of 30–40 people. I can only see these problems being exacerbated when the cap comes off in 2015.
Sam Jones: Removing the student numbers cap is a great move towards creating opportunities for those
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