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428938

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to bring forward any legislative proposals, following the current consultation, to give effect to the green paper on higher education <i>Fulfilling our Potential</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL3661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on the higher education green paper, <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice</em>, closes on 15 January 2016. The Government will issue its response No decisions have yet been taken on the proposals in the green paper or how they would be implemented.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 01/12/2015 16:42:34 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

641843

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the circumstances under which an institution may either lose degree-awarding powers, or lose the right to a university title.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Under current guidance[1], some types of degree-awarding powers (i.e. for institutions in the further education sector and institutions that are not funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England) are made on a six-yearly renewable basis. Therefore, these powers are not automatically renewed.</p><p>As set out in published guidance[2], in circumstances such as a change of ownership or control, an assessment is made of any provider with university title or degree-awarding powers to determine whether the change would affect the continuing eligibility of that provider to hold university title or degree-awarding powers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’</p><p>[2] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’ and ‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_Taught_Degree_Awarding_Powers_and_Research_Degree_Awarding_Powers.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria 2 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_University_Title_and_University_College_Title.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_a question first answered 06/12/2016 16:35:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

641844

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions, between 1990 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>No English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed during this period, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions or through similar structural changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:24:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

166636

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of massive open online courses on traditional higher education.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not conducted a formal assessment of the impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2014 12:49:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

649081

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a report will be published from the call for evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL3707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is planning to publish a summary of the key findings in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 12/12/2016 13:48:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

672305

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place for students who leave a university prior to completing their course to have their learning accredited in order to facilitate future transfer to another course at a different higher education institution.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the flexibility of higher education provision and student choice. We are currently considering the evidence gathered via the recent call for evidence on <em>Accelerated Courses and Switching University or Degree, </em>and engaging stakeholders, to understand arrangements currently in place for supporting student transfer and any barriers to take up.</p><p>There are no regulatory barriers to students choosing to leave university prior to completing their course and having their learning accredited by a different higher education institution.</p><p>English universities are independent, autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to decide how to recognise or accredit prior learning so they admit students who are able to succeed at that institution or on a particular course. Government has no power to interfere in university admissions.</p><p>Sound practice in English university recruitment, selection and admission is underpinned by the principles of fair admissions, or <em>Schwartz principles,</em> and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education’s <em>UK Quality Code</em>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/01/2017 16:16:59 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

675734

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House, in addition to the published summary, a copy of the responses to the call for evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not believe it would be in the public interest to publish in full the responses to our recent Call for Evidence. To do so would risk damaging our relationships with universities by releasing information directly related to them and their operations, potentially limiting our capability to gather evidence from these institutions in the future.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/02/2017 16:31:12 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

675735

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which universities responded to the call for evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree; and, of those, how many allowed credits for previous study.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>We received responses to the Call for Evidence from 30 universities, out of a total of 44 responses from higher education providers. Of these 30 university respondents, 25 (83%) said they take students who transferred to their institution from other providers.</p><p>Publishing a list of those universities who responded to our recent Call for Evidence and details of their responses would risk damaging our relationships with them, as we would be releasing information directly related to them and their operations. This would not be in the public interest as it could potentially limit our capability to gather evidence from these institutions in the future.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2017 17:23:47 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

675737

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to ensure that all higher education institutions have published credit transfer arrangements in place; and how those arrangements are monitored.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The information gathered through our recent Call for Evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree has provided valuable data and insight. It has highlighted the key barriers to the take-up of credit transfer opportunities, including a general lack of information and awareness. We are now fully considering the available evidence before deciding on next steps.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2017 17:16:04 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

675738

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education guidance on <i>Academic credit arrangements in higher education in England</i>, published in August 2008, how many universities have a published framework for credit transfer between institutions in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL4813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Unfortunately, the Government is not able to provide this information as we do not gather this data. The QAA <em>Higher Education </em><em>Credit Arrangements for England</em> offers universities guidance that is not compulsory, so data is not collected.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/02/2017 16:31:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough