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HANSARD School Rebuilding ProgrammeI echo those who have said what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I congratulate the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) on securing the…22 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education: Improving QualityFor the first time ever, the Office for Students is setting minimum thresholds for completion and for progression rates to graduate jobs. We are also consulting on stopping the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationI can inform the House that the Bill will be back in due course, and we can guarantee this Government’s commitment to honour our manifesto pledge to strengthen free speech in our…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI and the rest of the Government continue to encourage a meaningful dialogue, because, at the end of the day, those missing out are students, who have suffered unbelievably during…14 Mar 2022HANSARDStudent Loan Changes: Social MobilityWhen we published our response to Augar, we also published our impact assessment in full, but at the heart of our plans is fairness, as I have said, for the taxpayer, for students…14 Mar 2022HANSARDStudent Loan Changes: Social MobilityOur changes mean a fairer deal for students, graduates and the taxpayer, and build on our work to drive up quality so that more young people go on to complete their education and…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education: Improving QualityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. From September 2023, we are reducing interest rates on student loans to the retail price index only. This, combined with the tuition fee freeze…14 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recently updated our international education strategy, and we are proud to be home to so many international students who enrich our culture in our universities and local towns.…14 Mar 2022HANSARDStudent Loan Changes: Social MobilityOnce again, this shows the Opposition’s obsession with targets and numbers. We want an education system that delivers for the individual, whether that means going into further…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education: Improving QualityI agree with my right hon. Friend. Too many young people are pushed on to courses that they are not ready for at the moment, which is why we are capping the cost of foundation…14 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationFairness is at the heart of our announcement that no student will pay back more in real terms than they borrowed. It is also about rebalancing for the taxpayer, as every pound…14 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationIt is a desperate time when we have a question such as that from the Opposition, which is not even really a question. The Government are delivering on our manifesto and enhancing…14 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationUnder our Government, disadvantaged 18-year-olds in England are now 82% more likely to go to university than in 2010. We want universities to play an even greater role in…14 Mar 2022HANSARDYoung People from Deprived Backgrounds: Access to Higher EducationWe have asked the Office for Students to refocus the access and participation regime on real social mobility by getting students on to courses that they complete and that lead to…14 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformToday I am announcing the Government proposed plans to reform the higher education sector through the launch of two linked consultations on higher education reform and the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLow-quality University CoursesLast week, I launched a pledge, working with the likes of Universities UK and Can’t Buy My Silence. It is very important that universities stop using non-disclosure agreements in…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStudent and Graduate Finance: Cost of LivingWe have frozen maximum tuition fees for the fifth year in succession, saving a typical full-time student finishing a course in the 2022-23 academic year over £3,000 in fee loans…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStudent and Graduate Finance: Cost of LivingAs I said, this will be the fifth year in succession that maximum fees have been frozen, saving a full-time student finishing a course over £3,000. With median non-graduate…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStudent and Graduate Finance: Cost of LivingIt is important that we strike a fair deal for students, graduates and the taxpayer. Only a quarter of those who take out a loan now will fully repay it, and as the hon. Member…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStudent and Graduate Finance: Cost of LivingI do agree. Online learning can be a great way to supplement and enhance learning, but let me be clear: it should not be used as a cost-cutting exercise and it should not be used…31 Jan 2022