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982652

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to crack down on the use of essay mill cheating services amongst students.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	176451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Cheating is unacceptable. It undermines the reputation of the sector, and devalues the hard work of those succeeding on their own merit. We are currently focussing on non-legislative options, but remain open to the future need for legislation, and will continue to investigate all options available. We should only legislate where it is absolutely necessary – the government’s preferred approach is to tackle this issue through a sector-led initiative – which is why the department has worked with Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Universities UK and the National Union of Students to publish guidance last October, for all UK Universities on how best to tackle contract cheating.</p><p> </p><p>Time is needed to fully evaluate the effectiveness of the new guidance and this is underway. The QAA is running a series of seminars to evaluate how the sector is using the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), we have given the Office for Students the power to take action if higher education providers are found to be, in any way, complicit in cheating. This includes imposing fines or ultimately de-registration, the highest possible punishment. I expect Vice Chancellors to play their part by adopting robust anti plagiarism and cheating policies which exclude students who use essay mills and by tackling the advertising of these services in their institutions.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the swift action YouTube took to remove videos containing adverts promoting the EduBirdie essay-writing service, in response to the recent 'BBC Trending' investigation on academic cheating, in which I made it very clear that YouTube had a moral responsibility to take action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2018 12:20:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

983188

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 165610 on Disabled Students' Allowances, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decrease in the number of students taking up disabled students' allowances since the introduction of the £200 contribution for computer equipment.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	176361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The overall spend on Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) equipment was expected to fall because of the introduction of the £200 contribution for computers. Students are under no obligation to take up any support recommended: some may use their recommended assistive software on an existing laptop, whilst others may find that the accessibility options offered on standard software packages meet their needs. Students in receipt of DSAs continue to be funded for a suite of tools to suit their assessed needs in relation to their course, as well as additional non-IT support.</p><p> </p><p>The government is keen to better understand the impact of DSAs on eligible students, including that of recent DSAs reforms. The department has commissioned a research project to explore this, and will respond to the research findings when they are available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2018 12:40:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

982695

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on providing a sharia-compliant alternative student finance system.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	176149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member for West Ham, to the letter I sent to Lord Sharkey on 24 July 2018, updating him on the progress we have made and the current position on Alternative Student Finance (ASF), a copy of which in available in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in that letter, the government intends to provide further details on the implementation of ASF following the publication of the final report of the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 176150 question first answered 16/10/2018 10:50:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

982696

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans for a sharia-compliant alternative student finance system to be in place for applications for the 2019-2020 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	176150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member for West Ham, to the letter I sent to Lord Sharkey on 24 July 2018, updating him on the progress we have made and the current position on Alternative Student Finance (ASF), a copy of which in available in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in that letter, the government intends to provide further details on the implementation of ASF following the publication of the final report of the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 176149 question first answered 16/10/2018 10:50:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown