1. Change in Higher Education: Private Providers
Professor Sir Robert Burgess

2. Structure of Higher Education Institutions
Ancient
Civic
Ex university of London Colleges
Colleges of Advanced Technology
Plate Glass
Post 92

3. Change in Purpose Plate glass-cope with expansion
New thinking, new curricula
Location based on local donation
Post 92-Opened up idea of a university
Delivered Mass Higher Education

4. Aspects of Inequality Expansion 400,000 to 2 million
HE not equally distributed between rich and poor
The rich disproportionately represented

5. A New Style of HE Provision
Private Provider
Independent College
Challenger Institutions
Alternative Providers

6. Some Characteristics of Alternative Providers
Questioning elites
Challenging existing institutions
Growth as Validated institutions
New styles of pedagogy and learning
Financial stability

7. Developing APs Study for BIS of APs in 2012
674 private providers – what is a private provider?
Only 35 had over 1000 students
Only 5 had over 5000 students
Most popular subjects Business, Management,
Accountancy and IT
Established for 12 years

8. What are the purposes of an AP?
Example of GSM
Recognised for social inclusion and change
Promoting Widening Participation
Recruitment Locally
New Curricula – Strengths based education
Employability and the curriculum
Commitment to Social Mobility

9. Some Activities Raising the importance of teaching
Measures of engagement to determine risk and retention
Interventions to improve retention, progression and achievement

10. New areas for Development
Distinctive Mission
Recruit from White Working Class
Innovative degree programmes: ft, pt, accelerated
Obtain degree awarding powers
Level playing field essential