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Modern foreign languages: policy and funding context
Reshaping Languages in Higher Education Conference10 July 2014
Chris Millward
2010-15 – a new settlement
Breakdown of real terms teaching income to HEIs 2009-
10 to 2015-16
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
£ m
illio
ns
Other fee income
Dept of Health feeincome (home & EU)
Overseas fee income(non EU)
Full-time undergraduatefee income (home & EU)
Other funding bodygrants
HEFCE Teaching grant
2009-10 to 2011-12: actual income2012-13 to 2015-16: forecast income
HEFCE’s role 2010-2015• Public interest funding:
• high cost subjects, institutions and activities; supporting change
• Assurance:• quality, information, financial sustainability
• Monitoring and evidence:• students, subjects, places
• Whole institution and system: • teaching, research and knowledge exchange
UG home and EU full-time entrants
UG home and EU part-time entrants (2)
Undergraduate students
*HESA – all years and domiciles
A-Level entries
HEFCE’s role 2010-2015: MFL• Public interest funding:
• Year abroad• Routes into Languages• Supporting innovation and change (?)
• Monitoring and evidence:• HE in England ‘impact report’
Number of A level entries
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-130
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
French German Spanish Other modern languages Total MFL
Source: DfE publications A level 2013-13, revised January 2014
Number of UCAS acceptances
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
Modern languages: non-European Modern languages: European
Mode of study (full or part-time)
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
Full-time modern languages: Eastern, Asiatic and African Full-time modern languages: EuropeanPart-time modern languages: Eastern, Asiatic and African Part-time modern languages: European
Type (single or joint honours)
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
Single MFL, or joint honours wholly within MFL MFL as joint honours with another (non-MFL) subject area
Diversity (POLAR3 data)
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 7% 8%
11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11%
16% 16% 16% 17% 16% 16% 16% 17%
25% 24% 25% 25% 24% 25% 24% 24%
42% 43% 42% 42% 42% 41% 43% 41%
POLAR3 Quintile 1 POLAR3 Quintile 2 POLAR3 Quintile 3 POLAR3 Quintile 4 POLAR3 Quintile 5
Increasing MFL study outside degree programme
Increase in numbers About the same Decrease in numbers
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35No. of respondents
Japanese
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
German
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
No of HEIs report-ing an increase
• Most reported increases compared with 2012:
• Reported numbers as compared to 2012:
Source: UCML-AULC survey of Institution-wide Language Provision in universities in the UK (2012-2013)
2014-15• -5.85% HEFCE teaching grant• +30k student numbers, recognising previous
growth• +£25m HEFCE Postgraduate Support Scheme
2015-16• Removal of the cap on student numbers• +£50m for taught postgraduate education and
government review• REF outcomes
Short-term issues
Medium and longer-term issues
• DfE and BIS• Fee levels and re-
payment terms• Teaching grant and
student numbers • Regulatory landscape
