Higher education Archives

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Coronavirus: Easing lockdown restrictions in FE and HE in England

Wednesday, 02 September, 2020

This House of Commons briefing paper discusses the impact of easing lockdown restriction on the FE and HE sectors in England. The paper outlines issues such as: re-opening campuses, prospective students numbers in 2020/21, temporary students numbers controls, delivery of courses in 2020/21 and the Higher Education Restructuring Regime. It also highlights issues such as the impact on graduate employability and catch up funding for FE colleges.
Debate Pack

E-petition debate: e-Petitions relating to the recognition and reward of health and social care workers

Monday, 22 June, 2020

On Thursday 25 June 2020, there will be a debate in the House of Commons on a number of e-petitions relating to the recognition and reward of health and social care workers. The subject for the debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. Its Chair, Catherine McKinnell MP, will open the debate. Below are the associated e-petitions submitted to the Petitions Committee, relevant Committee proceedings and Library and other briefings on the health and social care sector. The motion for debate is: That this House has considered e-Petitions relating to the recognition and reward of health and social care workers
Research Briefing

Support for postgraduate students in England

Thursday, 28 May, 2020

This House of Commons Library briefing provides information on the different types of financial assistance available to postgraduate students in England.
Research Briefing

Coronavirus:Update implications for the further and higher education sectors

Thursday, 21 May, 2020

This House of Commons library briefing paper gives an update on developments since the earlier paper, Coronavirus: Implications for the further and higher education sectors in England, 17 April 2020 and includes information on the Government support package for universities and students which was announced on 4 May 2020, online delivery of undergraduate courses in 2020/21 and the re-opening of colleges.
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Coronavirus implications for the further and higher education sectors in England

Friday, 17 April, 2020

This House of Commons library briefing paper gives a brief overview of the possible impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the further and higher education sectors on England. It outlines the implications for funding and recruitment of students and sets out issues of concern to students.
Research Briefing

Coronavirus Bill: Overview

Monday, 23 March, 2020

The Coronavirus Bill (Bill 122 of 2019-21) was introduced to the House of Commons on 19 March 2020. The Bill is part of the Government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and is intended to enable the Government to respond to an emergency situation and manage the effects of a pandemic.
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Coronavirus Bill: childcare and education settings

Friday, 20 March, 2020

Offers a short overview of the childcare and education provisions in the Coronavirus Bill.
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University Strikes FAQs

Wednesday, 11 March, 2020

This House of Commons briefing paper gives answers to questions on the university lecturers strikes.
Research Briefing

Student Accommodation FAQs

Monday, 02 March, 2020

How many students live away from home? How expensive is student accommodation? Why have rents increased? Do recent problems with accommodation represent a 'crisis'? What proposals are there to improve the situation?
Research Briefing

Brexit: a reading list of post-EU Referendum publications by Parliament and the Devolved Assemblies

Monday, 17 February, 2020

This reading list brings together briefings on Brexit by the Parliamentary libraries and the Devolved Assembly research services with reports by Parliamentary and Devolved Assembly committees following the result of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.
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Review of Post-18 Education and Funding

Tuesday, 14 January, 2020

On 19 February 2018, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced in a speech that there would be a “wide-ranging review into post-18 education” led by Philip Augar. The review is to look at how future students will contribute to the cost of their studies, including “the level, terms and duration of their contribution.” The Prime Minister discounted the idea of moving back to a fully taxpayer funded system. It is expected that the review will report in early 2019.
Research Briefing

Local government; Queen’s Speech 2019

Monday, 13 January, 2020

The debate on the Queens Speech (Motion for an Address) on Tuesday 14 January 2020 will be on education and local government. The debate is expected to start at 12.30 unless delayed by any ministerial statements or urgent questions.
Research Briefing

Level 4 and 5 education

Monday, 04 November, 2019

This briefing paper provides an overview of Level 4 and 5 education (i.e. qualifications between A Levels and an undergraduate degree), including Government proposals for reform.
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No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research

Friday, 11 October, 2019

The No-deal Brexit: A guide to Commons Library research is an annotated bibliography of sources published by the House of Commons Library on a potential no-deal Brexit. It will be updated regularly. Links to the papers included in the resource are available on this page, the downloadable version includes additional comment on some of the selected papers.
Debate Pack

Spending of the Department for Education

Thursday, 27 June, 2019

On 1 July 2019 there will be an Estimates Day debate on the spending of the Department for Education. The subject for this debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee, following the publication of the 2019-20 Main Supply Estimates on 9 May 2019. The debate follows two applications to the Committee for debates on DFE spending: one from Robert Halfon MP (Conservative), chair of the Education Select Committee; James Frith MP (Labour), member of the Education Select Committee; Thelma Walker MP (Labour), member of the Education Select Committee; and Laura Smith MP (Labour); and another led by Anna Turley MP regarding spending on children’s services. This debate comes at a time when the Government has recently introduced a new funding formula for schools and follows a previous Estimates day debate on Education spending in February 2019.

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