UCU: Government capping on student recruitment

Motion

Motion text: HE sector conference notes:
predictions of a huge surge in youth unemployment as a result of the economic crisis
UCAS applications up 8. 8% this year
predictions that up to 30,000 university applicants could fail to find university places next academic year due to the cap on recruitment
the failure in the Government's budget to address the current funding crises in HE.
HE sector conference recognises that post-16 education is a crucial means of education, training and re-training in the economic recession.
HE sector conference demands that:
the ELQ funding regulations be immediately scrapped
the cap on HE student places be immediately removed and appropriate funding for increased numbers of students be put in place, under a managed national plan for expansion
that the government makes available sufficient funding to halt the madness of departmental and course closures and prevent mass redundancies of staff in HE.