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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

673681

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ensure the balance of enabling free speech in universities whilst mitigating the potential risk caused by extremist speakers.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL4673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Universities are legally required to take reasonable steps to ensure freedom of speech for staff, students and visiting speakers. This includes publishing a code of conduct setting out how they do this. They must balance this duty alongside their other legal responsibilities including the statutory Prevent duty which requires them to have due regard to avoid the potential risk of people being drawn into terrorism.</p><p>The Prevent guidance for Higher Education sets out that universities should have policies in place for the management of external speakers and events. This includes guidance on how universities balance their duty to promote free speech whilst mitigating the potential risk to safety or welfare that may be posed by extremist speakers.</p><p>The Department for Education’s regional Prevent coordinator network provides additional support to universities to enable them to assess the potential risks from certain speakers and how to take mitigating action to ensure that ideas and opinions can be heard, challenged and debated.</p><p>The statutory Prevent duty is monitored by the Higher Education Funding Council for England who report to us that institutions are properly balancing the need to protect their students, whilst ensuring that freedom of speech on campus is not undermined.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 25/01/2017 14:04:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

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

672306

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	Universities: Admissions
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 extent to which students have been admitted to Russell Group universities having had their prior learning from other institutions accredited to allow entry mid-course; and what evidence they used to support that assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL4643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England and Higher Education Statistics Agency do not gather information on students who have had their prior learning from other institutions accredited to allow entry mid-course. The issue of improving understanding of student transfer was raised during our recent the call for evidence on <em>Accelerated Courses and Switching University or Degree. </em>We received over 4,500 responses to this and published a summary of the evidence we gathered on 20 December 2016.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/01/2017 16:22:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

672307

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: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students who dropped out of English universities in 2010–11 returned to higher education within three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL4644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can only be made available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/01/2017 16:27:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

658716

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to include the history of the Commonwealth in the national curriculum; and if so, what steps are they taking to ensure this.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL4134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Schools are free to judge whether pupils should be taught about the Commonwealth. The national curriculum for citizenship education, introduced in September 2014, requires pupils to be taught about local, regional and international governance and the United Kingdom’s relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations and the wider world.</p><p> </p><p>There are also a number of opportunities in the history programmes of study for pupils to be taught about the Commonwealth. For example pupils are taught about British history from 1745 to 1901. This includes the development of The Empire, and they are taught a topic on the end of The Empire and Britain’s place in the world since 1945.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2016 17:34:41 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

658717

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Commonwealth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to facilitate links between British and Commonwealth schools through the use of digital technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL4135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not directly facilitate school links. Through its Schools Online website, the British Council facilitates a number of school linking programmes, including in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, ‘the Commonwealth Class’ which is a programme of activities, teaching resources, and events to connect schools and young people across the globe.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2016 15:57:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

658727

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of pupils’ achievement in non-selective schools operating in areas where there are existing grammar schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL4145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of entries and achievements of pupils at the end of key stage 4 by school admission basis in England for academic year 2015/16 are publicly available.</p><p>The latest statistics, for 2015-2016, are available in Table 2b in the attached tables that accompanied the statistical first release ‘GCSE and equivalent results: 2015 to 2016 (provisional)’, which was published in October 2016.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/12/2016 11:55:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Statistical_First_Release_48_2016_provisional_GCSE_and_equivalent_results 2015-16.xlsx title Statistical First Release 48-2016 provisional GCSE
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

658728

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Admissions
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 proportion of deprived children in existing grammar schools in comparison to non-selective schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL4146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>In January 2016, 2.5% of pupils in grammar schools were eligible for free school meals whereas 13.8% of pupils were eligible for free school meals in non-selective secondary schools.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/12/2016 17:16:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen