Research Briefing
The Teaching and Excellence Framework (TEF) will reward higher education institutions (HEIs) with high quality teaching. From 2016 HEIs will be able to apply to be assessed and those judged to have high quality teaching will be allowed to increase their tuition fees in line with inflation.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons briefing paper provides information on the House of Lords scrutiny of the Technical and Further Education Bill 2016-17 and details how the Bill was amended in the House of Lords. The paper has been updated to include further consideration of the Bill by the Commons and the Lords (Ping Pong).
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides information on amendments made to the Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17 during its Committee, Report and Third Reading stages in the House of Lords. The paper has been updated to include further consideration of the Bill by the Commons and Lords (Ping Pong).
Research Briefing
This Commons Library research briefing provides information about direct financial support for 16-19 bursaries for young people in further education in England. It covers eligibility criteria, the scheme's impact, and includes some background on the predecessor Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on financial support for apprentices taking place in Westminster Hall on 8 March 2017. The subject for this debate has been chosen by Kelvin Hopkins MP.
Research Briefing
The Summer Budget 2015 announced that grants would be replace with increased maintenance loans from 2016/17. This change could have an impact on efforts to widen participation in higher education and on long-term public finances.
Research Briefing
This note explains the changes to funding for students on NHS funded courses in England, that lead to professional registration as nurses, midwives, or other allied health professionals as announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. From August 2017 NHS bursaries which provide tuition fee funding, grants and living cost support, will largely be replaced by funding through the standard student support package of loans. The paper provides background to the changes.
Research Briefing
The Higher Education and Research Bill 2016 will make changes to the regulation of the higher education sector and create new higher education bodies. This page gives an overview of the amendments made to the Bill during its Report Stage and Third reading on 21 November 2016.
Research Briefing
This Briefing Paper provides information on the Technical and Further Education Bill's progress in Public Bill Committee. It summarises Government amendments to the Bill and discussion on the Opposition's attempts to amend the Bill.
Research Briefing
This paper gives a brief overview of the issues of concern to the HE sector as a result of the decision to leave the EU and outlines parliamentary debate in this area. The higher education (HE) sector is a major UK industry – it contributes £73 billion to the UK economy, including £11 billion of export earnings. The sector benefits from EU membership in a number of ways such as through the free movement of staff and students and access to research funding - higher education institutions are concerned that they may lose these benefits post Brexit. The Government has put in place some guarantees around funding and students, but the final position of the sector will depend on the result of Brexit negotiations.
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the Effect of exiting the EU on higher education, on Wednesday 23 November 2016 from 9.30am-11.00am. Dr Rupa Huq MP will lead the debate. This House of Commons Library briefing provides a background summary and press and parliamentary coverage.
Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides information on the Higher Education and Research Bill's progress in Public Bill Committee. The paper summarises Government amendments to the Bill and discussion on the Opposition's attempts to amend the Bill.
Research Briefing
The Technical and Further Education Bill 2016-17 sets out provisions to improve the quality of technical education (TE), address skill shortages and support the Government’s social mobility agenda. The Bill's proposals will: rename the Institute for Apprenticeships the "Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education" and extend its remit to cover technical education, create an insolvency framework for FE corporations and sixth form colleges and extend the statutory duty to provide information on FE to cover providers of FE who receive funding from the combined authorities. The Bill implements recommendations from the Government's Post-16 Skills Plan and the consultation on developing new insolvency regime for the FE sector.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.
Research Briefing
In September 2012 the Government made significant changes to the student finance system: tuition fees for full-time undergraduate degrees were raised to £9,000 per year, the loan repayment threshold was raised to £21,000 and a new tiered rate of interest was introduced for student loans. In 2015 the Government issued a consultation on freezing the loan repayment threshold for five years. In November 2015 the Government announced in the Spending Review that it had decided to freeze the repayment threshold for all post-2012 loans until at least April 2021.
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