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Anton Muscatelli, Chair of Universities Scotland and Principal of Glasgow University discusses the impact of tightened budgets on universities.
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Facing up to today's challenges: building for tomorrow
Professor Anton Muscatelli, Convener, Universities Scotland
Total spending & revenues
Any material on UK deficit etc....
Total spending & revenues
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Departmental spending
• Any material on UK deficit etc....
Less than 50% from the public purse BUT - needed
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Core public funding
HE funding in Scotland: the impact of 5 per cent cut in 2011/12
Chief Economic Adviser, Dr Andrew Goudie’s medium to long term outlook for public
expenditure in Scotland
The challenges facing Scotland’s universities
1. Funding: in the long-term
2. Funding: in the short-term
Submissions to the Browne Review: more fees please
Group Position
Russell Group Fee cap should be removed incrementally
1994 Group Fee cap should be raised in stages
University Alliance Universities to decide ‘graduate contributions’ for different courses with a ceiling set by Government
Universities UK Graduate contribution should increase over time to a maximum level
Guild HE Against an entirely uncapped system but in favour of higher fees
Million + Bursaries removed and replaced with lower fees
UCU Abolish tuition fees & charge business and education tax
NUS vote for students pledge
1,000 candidates for the UK election signed the pledge.
Signatories included:
Nick Clegg (Lib Dem)Vince Cable (Lib Dem)Phil Woolas (Lab) Tony McNulty (Lab) Roberta Blackman-Woods (Lab)David Lammy (Lab)Cathy Jamieson (Lab) Steve McCabe (Lab), Janet Anderson (Lab), Andrew Smith (LabAlan Whitehead (Lab), Caroline Lucas (Green)............
The coalition: Our Programme for Government
If the response of the Government to Lord
Browne’s report is one that Liberal Democrats
cannot accept, then arrangements will be
made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to
abstain in any vote.
UNIVERSITIES & FURTHER EDUCATION:
Scottish Government position on future funding
"I want to hear the views of the students, student leaders, university principals, unions and the entire stakeholder community about what we might do in Scotland to provide a long-term and sustainable funding solution - a uniquely Scottish solution - to funding universities in the future.
"But this government does not believe that the answer to those questions is tuition fees."
Mike Russell, NUS Scotland conference, 6 March 2010
Scotland’s Independent Budget Review panel
•Sir Crawford Beveridge
•Sir Neil McIntosh
•Robert Wilson
Scotland’s Independent Budget Review
The terms of reference agreed for the IBR has made a
distinction between:
“public goods and services that are provided on a
universal basis and those which are not.”
Key aspects to the Independent Budget Review
• We are a producer of economic value
• We make a major contribution to Scotland’s international standing
• Our research strengths attract inward investment in Scotland
• Our teaching and continuing professional development is Scotland’s main route through which we up-skill and re-skill
• Scotland’s universities and FE sector have a strong record in
securing the efficient use of resources
• There’s a limit to the amount of income we can generate from fundraising and international sources
Preparation for the Spending Review
Four main elements
1) an independent assessment of the sector’s economic contribution to Scotland
2) universities’ role as Scotland’s 7th sector
3) a people-centred approach
4) ‘ big’, innovative thinking
Preparation for the Spending Review
Four main elements
1) an independent assessment of the sector’s economic contribution to Scotland
2) universities’ role as Scotland’s 7th sector
3) a people-centred approach
4) ‘ big’, innovative thinking
Yes! We can!
“Never waste a good crisis”
Example one: The Saltire Centre atGlasgow Caledonian University
Example two: SHEDL
Example three: Shared HE-FE library at the Scottish Borders Campus
Thank you