The Higher Education Policy Institute and Buckinghamshire New University are today publishing a HEPI Debate Paper on the benefits and challenges of franchise provision in higher education, along with proposals that would lead to greater levels of assurance as to the quality and management of franchise provision within UK higher education.
What is wrong with franchise provision? has been written by Professor Nick Braisby (Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University), Ian Harper (Commercial and Business Development Director of Buckinghamshire New University) and Professor Damien Page (Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University).
The paper outlines data and evidence, from across the higher education sector as well as from Buckinghamshire New University, which shows the benefits of franchised provision as well as some of the challenges.
The authors ask what franchisors and franchisees might do differently to give greater assurance to stakeholders that the investment from the public purse provides value for students and society.
