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942709

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the summit held on 3 May 2018 to discuss the preparation of new guidance to promote freedom of speech at universities, and the Government response to the Eighth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Freedom of Speech in Universities, HC 1279, what plans he has to ensure that representatives of University Israel Societies are involved in the discussions on freedom of speech.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	164259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>I am working with a number of partners in the Higher Education sector in the development of guidance. This includes the National Union of Students, who represent the majority of student unions including those with Israel societies.</p><p>I have asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to lead the guidance. As part of their evidence base the EHRC are considering the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into freedom of speech in universities. The inquiry heard evidence from representatives of the Union of Jewish Students and university Israel societies.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/07/2018 14:04:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

938571

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT and STEM Subjects: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of pupils taking up STEM and ICT higher education courses in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	163058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the number of applicants accepted to full-time undergraduate courses at UK higher education providers by subject group.</p><p>The number of UK domiciled 18 and 19 year olds accepted to full-time undergraduate courses in each science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject group is shown in the attached Table 1. It shows that total acceptances to STEM subjects for UK 18 and 19 year olds had increased by 24% between 2012 and 2017. This compares to an increase of 14% for all subjects over the same period.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2018 13:51:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 163058_UK_domiciled_18_and_19_year_old_acceptances_by_STEM_subject.pdf title 18_and_19_year_old_acceptances_by_STEM_subject
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

937624

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what use officials in his Department are making of the Longitudinal Education Outcomes database.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	162054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The department has published seven statistical first releases and one ad hoc release for graduate employment outcomes using Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data. These cover the employment outcomes for undergraduates and postgraduates one, three, five and 10 years after graduating. Figures are published at institution and subject level as well as national level. These publications are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings</a>.</p><p>Students’ ability to make informed choices is at the heart of the higher education (HE) reform agenda. We are keen that these releases are easily accessible by HE students. We have therefore launched a Higher Education Open Data Competition, which is part of the work we are doing to improve the way we provide information to students.</p><p>The competition aims to give students full access to valuable data on graduate outcomes - including aggregated, publically available LEO data - on an accessible and innovative digital platform.</p><p>By supporting the development of new tools, the competition will help all applicants, regardless of their background, make decisions that are right for them and get value for money.</p><p>We plan to make appropriate extracts of the data available in the ONS Secure Research Service, in late 2018.</p><p>In addition to this, we currently make data available, under contract, to the following research groups:</p><p>Centre for Vocational Education Research,</p><p>Institute for Fiscal Studies,</p><p>University of Westminster.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 162055 question first answered 17/07/2018 16:03:28 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

937625

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to make data from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes database available to education researchers outside his Department.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	162055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The department has published seven statistical first releases and one ad hoc release for graduate employment outcomes using Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data. These cover the employment outcomes for undergraduates and postgraduates one, three, five and 10 years after graduating. Figures are published at institution and subject level as well as national level. These publications are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings</a>.</p><p>Students’ ability to make informed choices is at the heart of the higher education (HE) reform agenda. We are keen that these releases are easily accessible by HE students. We have therefore launched a Higher Education Open Data Competition, which is part of the work we are doing to improve the way we provide information to students.</p><p>The competition aims to give students full access to valuable data on graduate outcomes - including aggregated, publically available LEO data - on an accessible and innovative digital platform.</p><p>By supporting the development of new tools, the competition will help all applicants, regardless of their background, make decisions that are right for them and get value for money.</p><p>We plan to make appropriate extracts of the data available in the ONS Secure Research Service, in late 2018.</p><p>In addition to this, we currently make data available, under contract, to the following research groups:</p><p>Centre for Vocational Education Research,</p><p>Institute for Fiscal Studies,</p><p>University of Westminster.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 162054 question first answered 17/07/2018 16:03:28 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

935242

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the representation of ethnic minority students in higher education in (a) England and (b) Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We have seen record numbers of English 18 year old black and minority ethnic (BME) students going into higher education over recent years and entry rates for all ethnic groups increased in 2017, reaching the highest recorded levels. Improving access and outcomes in higher education for ethnic minority students is a priority for government.</p><p>Through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA), the government has introduced sweeping reforms to tackle equality of opportunity. This includes the Transparency Duty, which will for the first time, require all universities to publish applications, offer, acceptance, dropout and attainment rates of students by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic background.</p><p>The HERA places a statutory duty on the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to promote equality of opportunity for disadvantaged and under-represented groups in higher education, not just access. This includes non-continuation and attainment levels of students from those backgrounds. Through our first guidance on access and participation plans, we have asked the OfS to encourage providers to build on the work already underway aimed at increasing the success of ethnic minority groups in higher education.</p><p>In addition, the HERA has created a Director for Fair Access and Participation so that widening access and participation for disadvantaged students is at the core of OfS functions.</p><p>The OfS’s regulatory framework will include the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, which will assess providers on how well they are delivering positive outcomes for all students, including those from under-represented groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/07/2018 16:21:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935300

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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, whether his Department is undertaking a review to establish the extent to which the practices of companies offering (a) essay writing and (b) other cheat services to students in the UK are illegal.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	161590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 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.</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 recent the 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><p>We are currently focusing on non-legislative options, but remain open to the future need for legislation, and will 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 the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Universities UK (UUK) 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>Universities themselves are already taking action, and it is right that they should do so, as it is their own reputations and that of the higher education sector that are on the line. UUK played a key role in developing the new guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In England, through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, we have brought forward legislation that gives the new Office for Students (OfS) the power to take action if providers are complicit, which including imposing fines or ultimately de-registration of providers, the highest possible punishment.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s first ever strategic guidance letter to the OfS made it clear that it is a priority for the OfS to work with the QAA to improve and ensure confidence in the quality and standards of higher education. The OfS has an obligation to report to the Secretary of State, and the department will monitor progress closely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 160819 160820 161591 question first answered 12/07/2018 13:56:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

935301

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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 his Department is taking to counter the practices of companies that offer essay writing and other cheat services to students in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	161591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 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.</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 recent the 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><p>We are currently focusing on non-legislative options, but remain open to the future need for legislation, and will 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 the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Universities UK (UUK) 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>Universities themselves are already taking action, and it is right that they should do so, as it is their own reputations and that of the higher education sector that are on the line. UUK played a key role in developing the new guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In England, through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, we have brought forward legislation that gives the new Office for Students (OfS) the power to take action if providers are complicit, which including imposing fines or ultimately de-registration of providers, the highest possible punishment.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s first ever strategic guidance letter to the OfS made it clear that it is a priority for the OfS to work with the QAA to improve and ensure confidence in the quality and standards of higher education. The OfS has an obligation to report to the Secretary of State, and the department will monitor progress closely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 160819 160820 161590 question first answered 12/07/2018 13:56:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

934951

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to support higher education institutions in the East Midlands since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	161242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>In the academic years 2015/16 and 2016/17, higher education providers in the East Midlands received £262 million and £257 million respectively in grants from government funding bodies.</p><p>The table below sets out the amount received by region according to the type of funding body grant in academic years 2015/16 and 2016/17.</p><p>Funding data for academic year 2017/18 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Income from Funding Body Grants for Higher Education Institutions located in the East Midlands</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Funding Body Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Income in academic year 2015/16 (£000s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Income in academic year 2016/17 (£000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Council for England - teaching grant</p></td><td><p>97,277</p></td><td><p>97,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Council for England - research grant</p></td><td><p>98,494</p></td><td><p>99,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Council for England - other grants</p></td><td><p>21,122</p></td><td><p>18,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skills Funding Agency funding</p></td><td><p>13,010</p></td><td><p>10,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National College for Teaching and Leadership funding</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital grants recognised in the year</p></td><td><p>30,729</p></td><td><p>29,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Funding </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>261,770</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,037</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source - <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c16031/table_5" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c16031/table_5</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2018 12:46:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

935010

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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, whether his Department plans to review the requirement of a £200 contribution by students before equipment is provided under the disabled students’ allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	161192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The department has no plans to review the requirement for the £200 contribution to the cost of computer equipment. Computers are a mainstream cost for all students and it is therefore right that students eligible for the disabled students’ allowance (DSA) should contribute towards the cost of their DSAs-recommended computer equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/07/2018 15:00:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

935028

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Sheffield: Scholarships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will request information from the Vice Chancellor of Sheffield University on the number of scholarships in the Sheffield University Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme that have been awarded to applicants from Northern Ireland in the latest academic year; and if he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	161116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>As autonomous institutions that are independent from government, it is for individual higher education providers to determine the scholarship arrangements they wish to offer for students on taught postgraduate courses. Therefore, it would be inappropriate for the department to make such a request of a particular provider.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken steps to support people who want to study at this level by introducing a postgraduate master’s loan, and the work of the review of post-18 education and funding will look at how we support people to study at different times in their lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2018 08:31:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon