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HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, we have talked about credit transfer in terms of HE. What do you think the response of colleges will be to credit transfer? Do you think they will embrace it, or do you…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q You have talked about the advanced learner loan as well, and the numbers taking that up. Could you expand on that a bit? Professor Peck: Yes, about 9,000 to 10,000 students each…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask you both about credit transfer. It will obviously be for the institution to decide on this—where people move their courses if they decide to transfer. There are…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q I should declare that I am an honorary professor of Nottingham Trent University. Good morning to you, Professor Edward Peck. You have written about the short course trial.…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q What is your view on the provisions working for FE providers who are fairly new to this system? Dr Norton: I think a lot of FE providers have already joined the OfS register. I…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning. Do you expect students to respond favourably to the new system of limits per credit, instead of limits per year? Julie Charge: The terminology of credit is…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q On the OfS, there will be registration for new providers. What is your view of that? Is that the right way forward? Dr Norton: It is absolutely right that there will be a third…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q What work needs to be done, apart from careers guidance, to get students more familiar with the new system and the fact that they can do modules or short courses as well as long…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Given what you say about HTQs, and level 4 and 5, do you foresee much greater collaboration between universities and further education colleges once the lifelong loan…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, in terms of the phased approach, starting off at levels 4 and 5 and moving on to level 6, are you happy with the direction of travel and the timing? Sir Philip Augar: I…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q There is an issue that 10% of the adult population have levels 4 and 5, so there is a concentration on that. Earlier, we heard about the collaboration between Nottingham Trent…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Professor Press. Thank you for being a witness. The chief executive of Universities UK said: “A more flexible approach to higher education funding is right for…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. David, when I have met you in the past, you have often said, “What about the colleges?” That is the catchphrase you shout frequently, and I agree with you. The…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Are you content that the approach in the Bill—as you know, it is in essence a technical Bill with three clauses—is the right one? Sir Philip Augar: The approach looks sensible.…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Loan Entitlement Consultation: Government ResponseToday I am announcing the publication of the lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) Government consultation response. In 2020, the Government announced that they would introduce a…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Post-16 Education: BolsoverIt is an honour to serve under you, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mark Fletcher), not just on securing this debate, but on being such an…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy right hon. Friend, who made a brilliant speech, is absolutely right. We will also be resourcing this in the way that my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie)…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI just want to answer some other questions that the Labour spokesman asked first. To be clear, as part of the pathway towards the LLE, the Government will stimulate the provision…27 Feb 2023