Degree apprenticeships in context: Promoting equality of opportunity; encouraging competition; and promoting quality, student choice and value for money
Chris Millward
Director (Policy)
The Studio
3 April 2017
General duties of the Office for Students
• Protect the institutional autonomy of HE providers
• Promote quality, and greater choice and opportunities for students, in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers
• Encourage competition between English higher education providers in connection with the provision of higher education where that competition is in the interests of students and employers, while also having regard to the benefits for students and employers resulting from collaboration between such providers
• Promote value for money in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers
• Promote equality of opportunity in connection with access to and participation in higher education provided by English higher education providers
Promoting equality of opportunity (1) – improving access to HE
Young (under-21) first degree entrants at HEFCE-funded HEIs
Source: HESA Student RecordNote: Full-time, UK-domiciled students only
Promoting equality of opportunity (2) – improving outcomes from HE
Unexplained percentage point difference in employment rates, by employment rate measure and POLAR3 quintile
Source: HEFCE 2015/23 ‘Differences in employment outcomes – Equality and diversity characteristics’
Promoting equality of opportunity (3) – supporting places
Geographical Variation in the Social Mobility Index, Map of performance against the Index
Source: The Social Mobility Index, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/496103/Social_Mobility_Index.pdf
Encouraging competition (1) – removing number controls
UK and other EU full-time undergraduate entrants by institution type
Source: Table 5, Column 2 in HESES and HEIFES data
Source: Table 5, Column 2 in HESES and HEIFES data
Encouraging competition (2) – enabling new providers to enter the market and grow
Encouraging competition (3) – enabling collaboration where it benefits students and employers
Promoting quality, student choice and value for money (1) – providing better information for students
Promoting quality, student choice and value for money (2) –rating quality
Student Outcomes and Learning Gain
Learning Environment
Teaching Quality
Student Engagement
Valuing Teaching
Employment and Further Study
Employability and Transferrable Skills
Positive Outcomes for All
Resources
Scholarship, Research and Professional
Practice
Personalised Learning
Rigour and Stretch
Feedback
Promoting quality, student choice and value for money (3) – developing the market
HEFCE Support
£8.5 million funding to advance developmentCross-cutting support for provider and employer engagementQuality and regulatory agreements with Ofsted and SFA
Working with UKRI and IfA
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