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Mandelson 'prioritises' technology degrees
LORD MANDELSON has asked science, technology, engineering and maths-based businesses to fund new university programmes.
Speaking in the House of Lords, Mandy spoke of the Government's scheme to create technology based degrees that let students learn part time or study from work and from home. Businesses, he said, will have to provide more funding, as well as help design the courses and sponsor students and work placements.
"We have decided to give greater priority to programmes that meet the need for high-level skills, especially in key areas such as science, technology, engineering and maths," he said.
The Higher Ambitions strategy sets out to ensure for the next ten-years of higher education that universities are providing exactly the skills that will be needed by employers.
In his speech Mandy also said that students' future earnings could also be factored into tuition premiums for high-intensity courses.
Universities are lobbying to be allowed to increase annual course-fee levels, which are currently capped at £3,225 for the 2009/10 academic year. µ
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duh. engineering/science degrees are already subsidised by english/arts students. leave it as is.
I bet Mandy didn't pay fees. I bet he even got a grant. I bet this much smaller, indebted generation of students will end up funding the retiring boomers. Euthenasia anyone?
Following the launch of our Technology Manifesto in July 2009, which set out to create 250,000 new technology jobs in the next 10 years, we welcome this endorsement for the sector from Lord Mandelson. However, more still needs to be done to create young professionals with the skills and desire to join upcoming technology companies to help them take their businesses onto the global stage. As businesses grow, they have a requirement for energetic people with two to five years experience, who can, cost-effectively, help them evolve their operations. All too often these individuals have to be recruited from outside the UK.
The development of these individuals needs to be accelerated and, to this end, as well as the plans laid out by the government, business schools and universities around the UK need to create and run courses specifically designed to nurture graduates who want to pursue careers with dynamic IT companies. The creation of such courses would be in league with both Government and industry and could well be the catalyst to hitting the ambitious target above.