Higher education White Paper - Professor David Latchman, Master of Birkbeck, responds
The Government has today published the Higher Education and Research White Paper, Higher education: success as a knowledge economy, setting out potential reforms to the higher education sector over the coming decade.
The Government has today published the Higher Education and Research White Paper, Higher education: success as a knowledge economy, setting out potential reforms to the higher education sector over the coming decade.
Commenting on the publication of the new White Paper, Professor David Latchman, Master of Birkbeck, said:
“We welcome Government’s clear commitment to part-time study as an important element of flexible, innovative and lifetime learning in today’s White paper.
“The White Paper’s reaffirmation of Degree Apprenticeships as a key part of higher education provision is also pleasing. Degree Apprenticeships draw on the flexible learning approach already championed by Birkbeck and we are committed to developing further this innovative and vital strand of higher education.
“We look forward to learning more about the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and how non-standard institutions such as Birkbeck – as a specialist in evening teaching – will be measured, while ensuring that people from the widest possible ages and background benefit from entering higher education”.
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