The Higher Education Landscape

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South London Lifelong Learning Network

• The Higher Education Landscape
• Denise Cooper

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HE and communities

• Research excellence
• Knowledge transfer
• Spin-out companies
• Cultural and sporting
• Student contributions

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UG HE participation rates
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Some statistical targets

• 50 of young people entering HE by 2010
  currently stands at 43
• by 2020 at least 40 of the working-age
  population should hold qualifications at HE level
  or above, compared to 31 now
• target of 100,000 foundation degree learners by
  2010-11

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Some incentives

• 60,000 new university places over the next three
  years
• new university challenge
• support for employer co-funding - over 100
  million over the next 3 years
• new funding model that is co-financed with
  employers

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Some facts

• Application rates continue to rise
• the number of 18-year-olds in England will fall
  by 16 per cent between 2009 and 2020
• three-quarters of the people who will make up the
  UKs workforce in 2020 have already left
  compulsory education
• 50,000 higher education courses available across
  the UK
• a university degree is worth well over 100,000
  net of tax
• 81 of students judged their courses satisfactory

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Foundation Degree course numbers
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Other factors

• Top-up fees
• Increasing consumer environment
• National Student Survey
• Newspaper league tables