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Higher education

  • Constituency casework

    Finding funding for a master’s degree

    Wednesday, 29 January, 2025

    Find out what funding is available for students wanting to do a master’s degree in the UK.

    • Constituency casework
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Funding
  • Constituency casework

    Financial support for higher education students

    Friday, 24 January, 2025

    Find out what support is available to higher education students across the UK to help with their fees and living costs.

    • Constituency casework
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Social policy
  • Research Briefing

    Special Educational Needs: support in England

    Friday, 17 January, 2025

    An overview of the current system of support for children and young people with special educational needs, and pressure on the system

    • Research Briefing
    • Children's social services
    • Disability
    • Education
    • Equality
    • Further education
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Student loan statistics

    Thursday, 05 December, 2024

    Average loan debt and the overall scale of loans have increased over time as the Government has shifted funding for maintenance and teaching to loans. This has led to concerns about the burden of debt, high interest rates and the cost of loans to the taxpayer.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Sharia-compliant alternative student finance

    Wednesday, 04 December, 2024

    This briefing explains where the government is up to with plans to introduce Sharia-compliant student finance in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Education
    • Higher education
  • Research Briefing

    Higher education finances and funding in England

    Tuesday, 03 December, 2024

    This briefing covers how higher education is funded, concerns about providers' financial stability, alternative funding models, and international comparisons.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Public spending
  • Research Briefing

    Tuition fees in England: History, debates, and international comparisons

    Monday, 02 December, 2024

    This briefing considers the increase to undergraduate tuition fees for home students in England from September 2025.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
  • Debate Pack

    International Men’s Day 2024

    Monday, 18 November, 2024

    A debate on International Men's Day is scheduled to take place on Thursday 21 November 2024. The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee and will be led by Sam Rushworth MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Civil law
    • Diseases
    • Equality
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Housing and planning
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Support for care leavers

    Monday, 11 November, 2024

    Statistics on the number of care leavers around the UK and government policies in place to provide support to them.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Medical, dental, and healthcare students: UK numbers and student support arrangements

    Thursday, 31 October, 2024

    This briefing provides an overview of applicant and entrant numbers for medical, dental, and healthcare students across the UK. It also sets out the student support arrangements in place in each part of the UK, and covers the NHS bursary reforms in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Health services
    • Higher education
  • Data dashboards

    Constituency data: Educational qualifications

    Friday, 04 October, 2024

    Find census data on the highest qualifications of adults by constituency

    • Data dashboards
    • Census
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Education data
    • Local data
  • Research Briefing

    International students in UK higher education

    Friday, 20 September, 2024

    The government met its 2030 international student recruitment target of 600,000 ten years early and numbers have continued to increase since 2020. This briefing looks at student numbers, government policy, and the economic impact of international students.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Immigration
  • Research Briefing

    Young carers in education

    Monday, 02 September, 2024

    A short briefing looking at the educational experiences of young carers

    • Research Briefing
    • Community care
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Careers guidance in schools, colleges and universities (England)

    Friday, 16 August, 2024

    This briefing looks at the requirements on schools, colleges, and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.

    • Research Briefing
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Equality of access and outcomes in higher education in England

    Thursday, 25 July, 2024

    How likely are different groups of young people to go to higher education? When they get there how likely are they to continue to the end of their course and get 'top' grades? How do earnings and employment vary between these groups?

    • Research Briefing
    • Disability
    • Education
    • Equality
    • Higher education

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