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HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Who do you think is best placed to be providing the advice and guidance? Is it down to the individual institutions, or is there a role for the OfS? Rachel Sandby-Thomas: I do…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Okay. I know that in Canada, for example, they offer 10, don’t they? That seems to be quite successful. Professor Peck: Yes. You can bundle them, actually, can’t you? You can…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q We heard from a previous panellist about the importance of confidence in any new scheme. I think about T-levels, which have not really taken hold in the way the Government had…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)As much as me! Sir David Bell: It is a really interesting question, and I must say that that is one of the things that slightly surprised me about the cut-off. There has been a…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, professor. I will start with questions about the funding model for higher education institutions. What impact do you think the introduction of the lifelong loan…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. I have a specific question, perhaps for you, Sir David. We heard a moment ago from Ellen Thinnesen from Sunderland College, and she was talking about just how well…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Sir David, may I put to you a question that has been put to previous witnesses about the funding situation across the sector? Given that you have worked in the Department for…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you mind expanding on that difference between credit-based and fixed fees, for the benefit of us around the table? Professor Press: As I understand it—forgive me if I have…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Sorry to cut across you. I think that Lord Johnson—Jo Johnson—was calling for a further pilot. Do you think that would have been a good idea? Sir David Bell: The risk is, of…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for joining us, David. I am concerned that, although there will clearly be some advantage in terms of driving and hopefully improving the numbers who access FE and HE…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just a brief question in the remaining seconds. I am not asking this for personal reasons, but do you have any views on the age cap of 60 for accessing the lifelong loan…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)It’s on the record!21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Dr Norton, do you want to come in on that? Then I have a specific question for you. Dr Norton: I was just going to say that the LLE consultation response document says that…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q For the measurement of quality, how do you see modules being given some sort of sense of currency by OfS or whoever? Professor Rigby: The geek in me would say that all modules…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q May I start with a couple of questions to you, Professor Rigby? On how the legislation is written, I have sensed concern elsewhere about giving the Secretary of State powers to…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Professor, could we come back to the financial implications and the administrative side of delivering this in institutions? Could you expand on how you think it will work? How…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. Sir Philip Augar: I think, potentially, this could be very significant. It is a significant opportunity for independent providers. It is a significant opportunity for FE…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q So you would support remote learners being covered by this? Professor Press: I would, because I think we should focus on the outcomes for learners, rather than the inputs to the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. On the Bill, we have a figure of £37,000 as the envelope for the personal lifelong loan entitlement. Say we are in 2033, 10 years from now: should it still be…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q The sector has made it clear that some of the regulatory burden it faces is far greater than it was, say, five years ago. What concerns do you have about the introduction of the…21 Mar 2023