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Michelle Donelan speaking to @CommonsEd: asked whether govt would & #39;bail out& #39; unis in trouble or & #39;restructure& #39; towards & #39;skills needs in economy& #39;, she refers to & #39;restructuring regime& #39; to be further detailed soon. & #39;Last resort scenario...There will be conditions attached.& #39;
Donelan on key & #39;challenges and opportunities& #39; in HE: & #39;changed in shaped by Covid& #39;, need to & #39;innovate and diversify& #39; on income, focus on people& #39;s need to & #39;reskill and upskill& #39;, she wants to be & #39;incentivising part-time& #39; and degree apprenticeships.
By mentioning part-time study, reskilling and upskilling post-crisis, Donelan managing to go further than her & #39;true social mobility& #39; speech, in which there was total silence on these issues.
Donelan on v-c and senior uni staff pay cuts in Covid crisis of & #39;10 up to 30 per cent& #39;. She adds: & #39;I want to see that, hopefully, continue and be the start of something.& #39;
Donelan returns to theme of speech: & #39;we don& #39;t necessarily want everybody to go to university...HE is not necessarily the best route for where you want to go in life.& #39;
Donelan: focus should not be & #39;how many students go to university& #39;, but on students & #39;completing high-quality, academically rigorous courses that then lead to graduate jobs. That is the measure we should be looking at.& #39;
Donelan asked which social groups are least likely to go to university and comes up with this answer: & #39;It doesn& #39;t matter about looking at which groups don& #39;t go to university.& #39; It& #39;s about getting graduate jobs and & #39;what is in that student& #39;s best interests.& #39;
