Michael Driscoll

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Challenges facing New Universities following the
White Paper
Michael Driscoll Middlesex University
AUA Annual Conference Keele University 20
April 2004
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Outline

• Aims of the White Paper
• Implications for the HE sector and New
  Universities
• The challenges for the future

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The aims of the White Paper

• Economic prosperity
• International prestige
• Social inclusion
• Valuing teaching
• Governance and management
• Increasing collaboration
• Funding expansion

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Implications for the HE Sector and New
Universities

• Missions driven by funding and regulation
• The shape and structure of the sector
• The student experience
• The staff experience
• Branding and identity
• Tone of sector regulations
• Risks

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Research Intensive HEI
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Research Intensive HEI
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Widening-participation Intensive HEI
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Teaching-only institution
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A Balanced HEI
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Academic staff funding Teaching only
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Academic staff funding Teaching intensive
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Academic staff funding Research intensive
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• Now 2010
• Universities Research Universities T lt 50
• Russell Group (15) Elite Russell (2)
• 94 Group (45) Rest of Russell (10)
• CMU (Ex Polytechnics) (40) Russell Fringe (8)
• HE/FE Colleges Teaching Universities R lt 10
• SCOP Colleges 94 Group (80)
• FE Colleges CMU (incl ex SCOP)
• HE/FE Colleges
• FE Colleges

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• Greater spread of quality

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• Greater spread in working conditions

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• Emphasis on elite brands
• Loss of British HE brand
• Greater importance of individual HEI reputation
  and identity
• Opportunity for SCOP colleges
• Enlargement of sector and change in the meaning
  of University

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From encouragement and support to threats and
penalties

• Cambridge University reform of governance and
  management as a condition of grant
• Access Regulator penalties for drop-out and
  under-recruitment
• Research improvements not rewarded research
  discouraged withdrawal of research degree
  awarding powers

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• Reform is counterproductive
• less widening participation and social inclusion
• working class shunted into foundation degrees
  (in the new HE secondary moderns)
• research productivity declines in protected
  cartel
• Capacity and capability damaged in most
  institutions
• Sector is financially destabilised
• Most students pay more for lower quality and
  poorer job prospects

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The challenges for the future

• Top-up fees
• Globalization / competition / technology
• Reputation Quality and funding
• Autonomy choosing a mission

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New University
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• Turnover 100m
• 10,000 HEFCE students
• 18m gross increase at 3K
• 16.4m after bursaries
• Increase in overall funding 16

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Research-intensive University
HEFCE T
15
50
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Other
Research
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Overseas
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Research-intensive University

• Turnover 400m
• 10,000 HEFCE students
• 18m gross increase at 3K
• 12m net after 4K bursaries
• Increase in overall funding 3

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The main challenge facing the New Universities...

• ...surviving the next three years