{"id":447,"date":"2012-04-03T14:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T06:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:13:19","slug":"changes-in-british-university-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/changes-in-british-university-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Your Kid Into a UK University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Times has a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ft.com\/ftdata\/2012\/03\/30\/he-big-bang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rather technical piece<\/a> on the effect of some changes in how British Universities will be funded. Basically, the universities have been told<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>top students won&#8217;t count against your quota.<\/li>\n<li>quotas will be cut in proportion.<\/li>\n<li>non-university institutes of higher learning have successfully obtained 10000 quota places that were previously held by universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2012\/04\/Oxfordceremony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-448\" title=\"What will it take to get a good uni place?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2012\/04\/Oxfordceremony.jpg\" alt=\"What will it take to get a good uni place?\" width=\"263\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2012\/04\/Oxfordceremony.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2012\/04\/Oxfordceremony-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What will it take to get a good university place?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The author of the FT article has analysed carefully how this will affect universities, and concludes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Universities will compete aggressively to attract strong students<\/li>\n<li>Universities which already attract a lot of good students will be tempted to expand<\/li>\n<li>Expensive universities which don&#8217;t attract a lot of good students will find themselves in financial trouble<\/li>\n<li>Poor students will find it harder and harder to get a university place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here, a &#8220;good&#8221; student is one whose top three grades on their A-levels are A, A, B or better. Eventually, it is expected, a student will need three B&#8217;s or better to attain a university place.<\/p>\n<p>So what does that mean for kids now in primary school? It means a couple of things<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, universities will become more differentiated &#8211; it will be easier, in the future, to know which are the good universities and which are not.<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, the bar is being raised. A student with two B&#8217;s and a C in 2022 may get no offers at all, as opposed to today.<\/li>\n<li>Thirdly, life will be sweet for the few students at the top. If you have two A&#8217;s and a B under your belt, you&#8217;ll have no doubts about getting a place in a course you want. No more quotas, remember?<\/li>\n<li>Taking these last two points together, it means those last few exam marks become so much more valuable. The student with two B&#8217;s and a C will be worse off in 2020, the student with two A&#8217;s and a B will be much better off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If doing just a little bit better will be a whole lot more valuable, what does this mean for a parent or teacher today? Well, you can expect a boom in the private tuition industry, for one. For those with children now in primary school, remember that a good foundation established now will help enormously when &#8220;junior&#8221; is 6 foot tall and battling acne.<\/p>\n<p>My advice :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take an active interest in your child&#8217;s education. Bring educational activities into everyday life.<\/li>\n<li>Go heavy on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/all-the-games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/worksheets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drills<\/a> and encouragement towards academic performance.<\/li>\n<li>Support your child&#8217;s teacher. They want your kid to do well, so do you. Work with them to help bub succeed.<\/li>\n<li>Help your child with his or her homework &#8211; but don&#8217;t do the homework for them! This will help you stay in touch with what&#8217;s going on in school, and you&#8217;ll discover quickly if your child starts falling behind.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain open communication with your child. Don&#8217;t overwhelm them with high expectations. Always encourage them that they have the ability to improve.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, be encouraging, creative and diligent. Your child&#8217;s schooling was always important for their future. Now it&#8217;s become even more so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Times has a rather technical piece on the effect of some changes in how British Universities will be funded. Basically, the universities have been told top students won&#8217;t count against your quota. quotas will be cut in proportion. non-university institutes of higher learning have successfully obtained 10000 quota places that were previously held &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/changes-in-british-university-funding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting Your Kid Into a UK University<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[340,305,557,339,304,341],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}