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HANSARDYoung-People: Securing High-Quality JobsWe have embarked on a skills revolution that brings together our business and education communities to ensure that all courses are of a high quality and fit for purpose. I would…01 Nov 2021HANSARDHigher Education: Learning Lost to Covid-19The teaching staff at our universities have done a fantastic job in delivering high-quality teaching throughout the pandemic, but I am sure everyone will agree that there is no…01 Nov 2021HANSARDYoung-People: Securing High-Quality JobsOur programmes and reforms are designed to ensure that all students get the chance to undertake high-quality learning. Our digital bootcamps had 47.9% female attendance, and every…01 Nov 2021HANSARDHigher Education: Learning Lost to Covid-19Throughout the pandemic we have prioritised the welfare and wellbeing of students, and we will continue to do so. We will respond to the Augar report shortly. As for the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDHigher Education: Learning Lost to Covid-19In response to Augar, we will be reporting shortly. We want to ensure that a more sustainable student finance system exists. We want to drive up the quality of higher education…01 Nov 2021HANSARDHigher Education: Learning Lost to Covid-19I am deeply concerned about this issue, and that is because of the threat of strikes. Our students are now in a position to have face-to-face teaching, and I would urge every…01 Nov 2021HANSARDYoung-People: Securing High-Quality JobsI am proud to say that our plan for jobs is working, with unemployment falling to 4.5% last month. Our £3.8 billion skills revolution will ensure that young people have the skills…01 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI, too, was horrified by what has happened in regard to Professor Stock, who has had to resign due to sustained harassment and bullying. This cannot be tolerated on our campuses,…01 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversity Tuition FeesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt) for opening the debate, which I am very pleased to participate in. The petition, as we have heard, considers a wide range…25 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversity Tuition FeesWe are considering the remaining recommendations made by the independent panel chaired by Philip Augar, including on fees, funding and student finance, and we plan to set out our…25 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversity Tuition FeesI look forward to when we announce our response to Augar shortly, and I am confident that there will be several opportunities for hon. Members to question either me or the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversity Tuition FeesI will take that away and write to the hon. Member with the specific data that he has requested. I will bring my speech to a close by picking up on the final point raised in the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDHigher Education Student FinanceI am announcing details of student finance arrangements for higher education students undertaking a course of study in the 2022-23 academic year starting on 1 August 2022. The…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)Amendment 85 seeks to ensure that the director is a person who has not donated to any political party in the last three years, and it would prohibit the director from making…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)I do not want to get into the individual example, because I am not fully familiar with the details. My hon. Friend the hon. Member for Congleton said that she was concerned that…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Member has made that point before. The chair of the OfS was appointed accordingly, and the director for freedom of speech and academic freedom will be as well. I hope…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I apologise, Mrs Cummins. I am one ahead.22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)To respond directly to the hon. Lady’s point, we think it is right that FE colleges are in scope within the Bill. They are already regulated by the OfS when they put on courses of…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend, which is exactly why we are bringing forward this legislation, which really will have teeth to tackle the issue at hand. I hope that…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eleventh sitting)Amendment 79 would make the director for freedom of speech and academic freedom responsible for providing an annual update to higher education providers and student unions on the…22 Sept 2021