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Tune in TODAY at 10.15am for our session questioning @michelledonelan, Minister of State for Universities.
We'll be asking about universities' response to COVID-19 and the future of the higher education sector.
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Our accountability session with @michelledonelan, Minister of State for Universities, has now begun.
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/91001082-164e-4ebb-990e-9cb802572f41
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@halfon4harlowMP asks about financial support for disadvantaged part-time students.
@michelledonelan responds that part-time students can now access maintenance loans, and calls on the sector to invest more in part-time learning as a tool for social mobility
@michelledonelan responds that part-time students can now access maintenance loans, and calls on the sector to invest more in part-time learning as a tool for social mobility
@halfon4harlowMP asks whether there would be a managed restructuring of providers at risk of insolvency to rebalance their offers towards skills needs?
@michelledonelan responds that a regime will launch soon, but restructuring is a last resort with conditions attached.
@michelledonelan responds that a regime will launch soon, but restructuring is a last resort with conditions attached.
@halfon4harlowMP says level 6 and 7 apprenticeships starts have risen - but that is still a tiny number compared to students choosing the academic route. There was previously a degree apprenticeships fund - Will the Department consider another round of this funding?
On degree apprenticeships, @michelledonelan replies to @halfon4harlowMP that it's disappointing that not more universities offer them. The Government response to the Augar review will contain mechanisms for incentivising degree apprenticeships.
@halfon4harlowMP asks about the decline in the number of nursing degree apprenticeships.
@michelledonelan says she expects an increase in the number of students looking to study nursing. She says a wider look at the challenges facing apprenticeships in general is needed.
@michelledonelan says she expects an increase in the number of students looking to study nursing. She says a wider look at the challenges facing apprenticeships in general is needed.
