The former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills invited views from a range of stakeholders on how to best develop a world class HE system.
In his Wellcome Collection speech at the end of February 2008, former DIUS Secretary of State John Denham announced his intention to develop a framework for higher education over the next ten to fifteen years. He said:
“The world is evolving very quickly and we must be able to unlock British talent and support economic growth through innovation as never before.
We need to decide what a world-class HE system of the future should look like, what it should seek to achieve, and establish the current barriers to its development.”
As I have said previously, I want to do this before we initiate the review of undergraduate fees next year.”
As part of this process I am inviting a number of individuals and organisations to make contributions. Not to write government policy but to help inform it and – equally important – to stimulate debate and discussion in the sector.”
Contributions from academia
- International issues in HE
- Academia and public policy making
- Understanding HE institutional performance
- Part-time studies and HE
- Teaching and the student experience
- Research careers
- Demographic challenge facing our universities
- Intellectual property and research benefits
- World leader in e-learning
- Universities’ links with schools in STEM subjects
Contributions from users of higher education
- Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre
51KB - Tom Russell, head of the London Development Authority’s Olympic Legacy Directorate 46KB
- Sir John Chisholm, Chair of QinetiQ and the Medical Research Council
296KB - Professor Ann Close, National Clinical Advisor to the Healthcare commission 88KB
- Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive of Pearson 51KB
- John Griffith Jones, Joint Chairman of KPMG 1024KB
