The HE (Higher Education) Landscape
Saturday 22nd February 2014
Kate Dawson
Education and Representation Coordinator
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The Higher Education Landscape- What is it?
Different models of Higher Education
Task
What is affecting the HE Landscape now?
What does this mean for you?
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The Higher Education Landscape
What do we mean?
Higher education also known as post-secondary
education, tertiary education or third level
education is an optional final stage of formal
learning that occurs after secondary education.
Secondary Education is also know as Further
Education and is a compulsory element of
education.
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The Higher Education Landscape
What do we mean?
This session is about taking a step back from
your role as a Course Rep, back from the
University of Bristol and taking a look at the
bigger picture of Higher Education across the
UK.
It’s a Higher Education Landscape because it is
affected by the things around it, and is constantly
changing and evolving.
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The Higher Education Landscape
What does it look like?
Students
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The Higher Education Landscape
What does it look like?
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The Higher Education Landscape
Why is this?
The reality is that due to the
amount of different stakeholders
at national and international level,
the politics this brings and other
factors such as the economic and
social climate means that so much
influences Higher Education…it’s
hard to keep up!
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The Higher Education Landscape
Who’s involved? UK Level
NUS
HEFCE
DOE
UBU
UOB
RG
HEA
QAA
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Task!
Can you match the names of the different
organisations with what they do?
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Task!
Can you put them in what you think their order
of influence on the Higher Education Landscape
would be?
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The Higher Education Landscape
What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
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The 2008 Recession & the Fees
League tables
Marketisation of HE
MOOCS
Globalisation
The lift on student numbers
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What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
The 2008 Recession:
- Led to a change in UK
Governments ideals of who
should be paying for the debt.
- Changed from the UK
Government to you as
students.
- England HE Institutions have
no more money due to the
increased fees.
- However expectations from
new students has increased.
- Who is attracted to
Universities has changed.
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What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
The Fees and increased
expectations has led to:
- An increase in HE Institutions
wanting to understand
students as customers and a
‘market’ they must tap into
- Students becoming picker with
which institutions they choose,
HE institutions have had to get
better at marketing their
services and WHY you should
choose them.
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What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
The perceived marketisation of
HE institutions has led to:
- Increased pressure on
academics
- NUS lobbying for partnership
ideals
- An increase in the number of
private HE Institutions- which
are not governed or quality
assured
- HE Institutions partnering up
with other institutions to offer
even more for students e.g
GW4
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What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
MOOCS and Globalisation:
- Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCS) for short are small
one unit courses that you do
can do online FOR FREE!
- How does this alter the HE
Landscape?
- Adult learners and a change in
the demographic of who is
learning
- Showing the capabilities of
online courses and the power
of globalisation
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What is influencing the HE Landscape right now?
Do you know which HE
Institution has significantly
increased it’s numbers?
- The globalisation of the world
means that the HE landscape
is changing
- Erasmus and study abroad
- The popularity of studying in a
different country for your
entire degree (and the cheaper
cost)
- Online courses that are
avaliable
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And finally and most recently…
The lift on student numbers- Universities normally have a ‘core’ number of students which they
are allowed to admit which has been agreed previously and if they go above this they are fined. In
2015 Universities can admit as many students as they would like.
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What does this mean for you?
Having a knowledge base of this is really useful in your role as a Course Rep. Keeping up with
national trends and knowing what’s going on puts you in a stronger position in your role.
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How can you keep up-to-date?
READ, RESEARCH, READ, RESEARCH
Guardian Twitter, THE twitter, QAA Tweets
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Any questions?
Contact: Kate Dawson
Email: kate.dawson@bristol.ac.uk
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