This House of Commons library paper gives an overview of the first sale of a tranche of English income-contingent student loans. It gives background to the sale and discusses the impact of the sale on borrowers and whether value for money was achieved by the sale. The Government announced the end of the sales programme in Budget 2020.
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Engineering skills and design and technology education (236 KB, PDF)
This pack provides background information on measures to promote engineering within the broader framework of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and also issues in design and technology education.
It covers STEM education in schools, further and higher education, universities and colleges. It also contains statistics and press and parliamentary coverage and further reading.
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Engineering skills and design and technology education (236 KB, PDF)
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