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600515

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent changes to the Disabled Students Allowance, what guidance has been issued to the Higher Education sector on the provision of support for disabled students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL2268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Student Finance England issued guidance on Disabled Students’ Allowances for the academic year 2016/17 in February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has been working with the Higher Education sector to develop guidance on good practice in inclusive provision for disabled students, which will be issued shortly.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/10/2016 11:50:18 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

628237

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the attempt by protesters to disrupt a talk by an Israeli speaker at University College London on 27 October, what steps they are taking to ensure freedom of speech.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL2972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Open and robust debate is how students should challenge those they disagree with. There is no place for students that use intimidation or violence to attempt to shut down the free and open exchange of ideas.</p><p>Universities have a legal duty to secure freedom of speech for their members, students, employees and visiting speakers, and must have clearly set out policies for how they will ensure that this can happen. Universities also have a clear responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive environment and no staff or student should ever feel threatened or intimidated. It is also essential that they have clear policies and procedures to ensure that all students and staff can live and work without discrimination, intimidation or harassment. We expect universities to demonstrate how they will act swiftly to investigate and address hate crime, including anti-Semitic related incidents, reported to them.</p><p>We have asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), in their role as regulator, to engage with University College London (UCL) to ensure that their policies and procedures for events with external speakers are fit for purpose and were implemented appropriately in this instance. UCL have issued a statement on 11 November 2016 regarding the incident, which sets out that they have launched an immediate investigation.</p><p>In September 2015 we asked Universities UK (UUK) to set up a Harassment Taskforce. The Taskforce has recently published a report which sets out that universities should adopt a zero-tolerance approach to harassment and hate crime. The report has been attached to this answer. We must now ensure that the work of the Taskforce goes on to make a real difference to students across the country. The Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation has asked UUK to survey progress in six months and make sure universities are doing all they can to protect the safety and security of their students. We hope that the new guidelines for universities issued alongside the UUK Taskforce report will help universities in effectively tackling incidents such as these.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/11/2016 17:15:39 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Changing-the-Culture.pdf title UUK_Changing_The_Culture
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

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

657759

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the proposal to drop the 50 per cent cap on religious selection in faith schools, what consideration they have given to the finding of the Education Policy Institute, in its report <i>Faith Schools, Pupil Performance and Social Selection</i>, published in December, that the average faith school admits fewer pupils from poor backgrounds than the average non-faith school.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL4078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The EPI report fails to recognise the fact that the government’s proposals are about creating more good school places for more parents in more parts of the country by giving them more choice. Our proposals to expand the number of good school places available to parents will help more young people have the chance to go as far as their talents will take them.</p><p>Faith schools are among the highest performing schools in the country, with more primary and secondary faith schools judged good or outstanding than their non-faith counterparts[1]. Faith schools are popular with parents and the removal of the 50% faith cap will enable the establishment of even more good schools.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<em>Ofsted official statistics: Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2016</em> shows faith schools are more likely to be <em>good</em> or <em>outstanding</em> as compared to non-faith schools (89% as compared to 86% at primary; 81% as compared to 75% at secondary).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/12/2016 17:20:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

641826

	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	University of Oxford: Antisemitism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 17 November (HL2972), whether they will ask the Higher Education Funding Council for England, in its role as regulator, to engage with the University of Oxford to ensure that their policies and procedures were implemented appropriately following reports of anti-Semitic incidents involving students which led to the resignation of a student club chairman in February.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL3397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns antisemitism wherever it occurs, including on university campuses. Universities and student societies need to be robust in tackling these kinds of issues. Universities are autonomous and have processes for dealing with concerns and complaints where they are raised, unless there are regulatory issues to be addressed.</p><p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) holds ongoing discussions (both formal and informal) with institutions, including the University of Oxford, on a regular basis. As the regulator, HEFCE has established procedures for following on up concerns raised about universities. No concerns have been raised with HEFCE about the implementation by the University of Oxford of its policies and procedures on this issue.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 02/12/2016 11:46:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

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

712593

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education and Research Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which consultancies or associated companies were retained to advise on any part of the reforms introduced in the Higher Education and Research Bill; what briefs were provided to those companies; and what fees were agreed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
	uin	HL6188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>No consultancies were retained in the preparation of the reforms or to provide advice on the reforms during the passage of the Higher Education and Research Bill. Some consultancy advice has been sought on specific areas to support the implementation of the Bill, including the provision of expert HR advice to support the ministerial appointments and advice on the IT requirements for the new Office for Students. Advice was also commissioned from Deloitte to undertake preliminary organisational design work ahead of the establishment of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/03/2017 16:38:17 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

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

712594

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education and Research Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish all research and consultancy reports prepared by consultancies or associated companies on any aspect of the preparation of reforms introduced by the Higher Education and Research Bill in the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
	uin	HL6189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The policy work that underpinned the reforms introduced by the Higher Education and Research Bill (HER Bill) was largely undertaken by civil servants and drew on previous published material including, for example, the Gaskell Review that was prepared for Universities UK. This material was referenced in the Green Paper published in October 2015 and again in the White Paper in May 2016 that preceded the introduction of the HER Bill.</p><p>BEIS commissioned Deloitte to undertake preliminary organisational design work ahead of the establishment of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), working with BEIS, the UKRI Interim Chair and senior leaders from the existing Partner Organisations which will form UKRI. The brief was to set out high level organisation design principles, assumptions and options for UKRI consistent with the framework set out by the White Paper and the HER Bill. The work was completed in October 2016 as preliminary specialist advice for BEIS officials and ministers to inform further organisational design work being carried out within BEIS and hence it is not planned to publish the commissioned report.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/03/2017 16:37:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman

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