https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p>Universities should also continue to work directly with schools and third sector organisations to spot and nurture talent early. I have asked Department for Education officials to look at ways the department can support the sector, to identify talented pupils and to help assist in targeting outreach activity.<\/p>"}
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The Office for Students (OfS), as the new independent regulator for higher education, has recently consulted the sector on a new approach to regulating higher education (HE) providers\u2019 progress on widening access and successful participation in HE. The OfS is expected to respond to the consultation later this year.<\/p>
We would expect the OfS to keep any new approach under review, to assess its effectivenes in achieving our goals for improved access and participation in HE by under-represented groups.<\/p>
The OfS brings together the levers of both funding and the arrangements for agreeing and monitoring Higher Education providers\u2019 Access and Participation plans to seek continuous improvement in this area. OfS also now has access to a range of sanctions to address concerns about a lack of progress on access and participation.<\/p>"}
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The system of variable interest rates based on income is progressive, and ensures that higher earners make a fair contribution to the sustainability of the higher education system.<\/p>
<\/p>
Student loan interest rates vary with income. Only borrowers earning over £45,000 and those in study pay the maximum interest rate of 6.3% and many will be charged less than this. The system of variable interest rates help ensure that the highest earners make a higher total contribution than those on lower incomes.<\/p>
<\/p>
Reducing interest rates would benefit high earners only. That is why the government has increased the repayment threshold from tax year 2018-19 and will increase the repayment threshold again in April 2019, reducing monthly repayments for all borrowers earning above £25,000.<\/p>
<\/p>
We believe that it is right that students should contribute to the cost of their higher education and that this contribution should be linked to their income. This means that those who have benefited the most from their education repay their fair share.<\/p>"}
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The department considered the published report from the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education on Grafton College of Management Sciences Limited, alongside other investigation reports and outcomes, to assess compliance with the department\u2019s \u2018Specific Course Designation Guidance: Policy and Guidance for Alternative Providers of Higher Education\u2019 (published in July 2017). The department took action in line with this published guidance to protect public funds. Grafton College of Management Sciences is no longer designated for student support purposes.<\/p>"}
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The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans on behalf of the UK government and devolved administrations with funding from Her Majesty\u2019s Treasury. While the SLC itself pays nothing on this funding, the cost to the government of this capital is the same as that paid on its general borrowing.<\/p>
<\/p>
The amounts paid out and the interest charged can be found in the published document titled \u2018DfE consolidated annual report and accounts 2016-17\u2019 on pages 152 to 158, attached.<\/p>
<\/p>
The government does not make a profit on these loans, which is reflected through the impairment charge in note 14.3.3 on page 155 of the attachment. This shows the proportion of the loan outlay and interest that the department expects not to recover. Student loans are subsidised by the government as a deliberate investment in the skills base of the country, which delivers benefits for individual students and for society at large.<\/p>"}
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The sale from the pre-2012 (plan 1) English student loan book, which was completed in December 2017, took place by means of a securitisation. This involved transferring the loan pool to a new independent English-domiciled company (\u201cthe Issuer\u201d). This company is registered as \u2018Income Contingent Student Loans 1 (2002-2006) Plc\u2019. In turn the Issuer has issued to investors securities in the form of notes representing the rights to the remaining future repayments.<\/p>
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The individual names of investors are commercially sensitive and are not publicly available.<\/p>"}
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The Minister for Policing and Fire has spoken to every police force in England and Wales in order to gain a better understanding of the demands they face. There are a range of complex factors behind the recent increases in se-rious violence, and in the Serious Violence Strategy published in April 2018, our analysis was that a major factor has been changes in the drugs market.<\/p>"}
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The gender pay gap for women between 40 and 49 has actually fallen since 2010. Employers reported their gender pay gaps for the first time this year and we now expect them to take action to close them.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government published the Fuller Working Lives strategy last year, and continues to work with businesses to ensure everyone can adapt to the changing face of the workforce.<\/p>"}
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