Employers are not seeking changes in higher education provision that would risk losing specialist knowledge.
Milburn's vision is egalitarian and opens the doors to expansion of higher education provision.
He went on to emphasise the unique nature of the new institution in combining further and higher education provision.
We are adding a modest number of student places to higher education provision (about 1,000 when we are at full capacity).
"UCLan has always been committed to developing and strengthening higher education provision in the county and, having carefully assessed all the options, we believe that an indigenous University for Cumbria is now the way forward," he said.
Ensuring the quality of the UK's higher education provision, of questioning and challenging preconceived ideas, of introducing students to concepts that will change their mind and life, is at the heart of what we university lecturers do.
The funding council and the Welsh assembly want to rationalise the number of small institutions in Wales to prevent a "spiral of decline" in the country's higher education provision, especially in the face of competition from English universities.
They have made their representations on a vast array of high-stakes issues, including the rapid expansion of private higher education provision, the link between the Teaching Excellence Framework and fees, and the radical shake-up of sector agencies and their responsibilities.
We're going to see more bespoke higher education provision and find universities flexing what they offer – making it more flexible, more part-time, great sandwich courses with companies, more sponsorship by companies, changing the curriculum to fit into what the sponsoring employer wants if they are supporting the young person.
In a study published last year, Dr Neil Selwyn, faculty director of postgraduate research in the department of culture, communications and media at the Institute of Education says: "The continued growth of social media presents a set of clear challenges to the future nature of higher education provision and practice.
Furthermore, PPP in higher education provision is beneficial because private higher education providers.
