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College visits Kazakhstan for UK and Kazakhstani Education Partnership Talks

The Heart of England International Academy (HEIA) recently visited Kazakhstan to attend a conference organised by the Ministry of Education and Science, the British Embassy, Astana and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training of the United Kingdom (TVET UK).

The conference, “The United Kingdom – the Republic of Kazakhstan: Partners in Education”, took place on 19th November at the prestigious Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan and was designed to discuss the cooperation issues in technical and vocational education.

The key outcomes of the conference were the request by the Ministry of Education and Science to continue and enhance the Memorandum with TVET UK and the signing of a memorandum between Astana College of Business Management and Stratford-upon-Avon College to explore a range of collaboration projects.

Tim Astbury, Assistant Principal at Stratford-upon-Avon College, met with agents at the conference and discussed student recruitment. He commented, “We are very excited about developing our relationship with Kazakhstan. This year we welcomed around 20 Kazakhstani students on A Level programmes and on the University of Warwick Higher Education Foundation Programme. We will be hosting an agent visit this month as a result of this conference.”

The Heart of England International Academy is a collaborative partnership between Stratford-upon-Avon College and City College Coventry. HEIA offers a wide range of programmes to students across the world including higher education foundation programmes in conjunction with the University of Warwick, international foundation programmes and English language courses. For more information on the courses available, visit www.heia.co.uk||. Students from 47 countries are currently attending the Heart of England International Academy including France, Germany, the United States of America, Canada, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, South Korea and China.

University places to be cut by 10,000 by 2012, minister reveals

The number of places on degree courses in England will be cut by 10,000 by 2012, according to a government letter that outlines future funding cuts to higher education.

Ministers funded an extra 10,000 places for undergraduates starting this year amid a record surge in applications, but intense competition saw one in three candidates missing out on university.

Ministers said today that funding for university teaching would be cut by £300m next year, from £4.9bn to £4.6bn. The grant for research will be cut by £100m.

In a letter outlining the cuts, ministers said that the government would continue to fund an extra 10,000 places next year, but this would be withdrawn by 2012. The universities minister, David Willetts, argued today that this reduction was not significant, because universities would be past the current "demographic bulge" by then.

However, there is little sign of the demand for a university education shrinking in any age group. The latest applications figures from the admissions service, Ucas, for 2011 entry are up nearly 12% on the same time last year, and some of the sharpest increases are among mature students - with an 18.9% rise among applicants aged 30-39. Just over 404,000 candidates were accepted for undergraduate study at English universities in autumn this year.

Willetts said: "Our provisional plan is that the extra 10,000 places that were there this year, and will be next year, will not be available in 2012. Of course, by then we are past the demographic bulge so there is a modest demographic decline, which means that proportionately this is not a significant reduction.

"But I think there are lots of big questions and I am very wary. My personal view is that there is an underlying social and economic trend for more people to wish to go to university - we'll see whether that trend continues."

The funding letter identifies a further cut to the teaching grant to universities by 2012, when it will go down to £3.8bn. Universities will be able to charge higher fees from autumn 2012, ranging from £6,000 to a maximum of £9,000 per year, raising extra income.

Ministers say that universities' income from student loans will grow from £2.5bn this year to £3.6bn by 2012, based on universities charging an average fee of £7,500 annually. A combination of cuts and increased tuition fees means the total funding for teaching and research at English universities will dip slightly from around £9.2bn this year to £9.1bn by 2012.

Ministers say universities will continue to face fines if they exceed the cap on places next year, creating an incentive for universities to tightly control their numbers. The fine will be £3,750 for each student recruited above the permitted cap.

Universities have also been urged to exercise pay restraint.

Sally Hunt, general secretary of the UCU lecturers' union, said: "The coalition's Christmas message to the sector is funding cuts, higher fees, fewer university places, a pay freeze and attacks on staff pensions. After weeks of attacks on students and universities through budget cuts and increased tuition fees the coalition has delivered a real Christmas kick in the teeth to the sector."