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date	07/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been a decline in the number of student applications from other EU countries to UK universities since June 2016.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL5899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publish data on the number of applications by the 15 January deadline. Data for the 2017 application cycle shows there were 187,470 applications from EU domiciled applicants, which is above the 157,170 applications made in 2010, but lower than the 202,250 applications in 2016. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Applications to UK providers from EU domiciled applicants by the 15 January deadline.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>157,170</p></td><td><p>177,300</p></td><td><p>157,890</p></td><td><p>166,620</p></td><td><p>176,560</p></td><td><p>190,330</p></td><td><p>202,250</p></td><td><p>187,470</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/03/2017 16:53:43 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

683636

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what mechanisms are in place to support and safeguard a student if the private college they attend goes into liquidation.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Private providers of higher education must meet robust financial sustainability standards in order to be designated for student support. Providers that have not been trading for three years must submit a plan to ensure that students can achieve their academic outcomes if they are unable to fully deliver their course.</p><p>In cases of significant financial failure where a private provider goes into administration, the department may grant temporary designation to the new owners to protect the student interest and to allow students to complete their studies.</p><p>The UK quality code for higher education sets out the responsibility of degree awarding bodies when providers delivering their courses become insolvent, cease trading or the agreement is terminated. Degree awarding bodies ensure that adequate contingency plans are in place against these possibilities, but where they occur, a range of solutions may be possible for ensuring that students who wish to complete their course can do so.</p><p>The Higher Education and Research Bill will ensure that in future the Office for Students (OfS) has the necessary powers to require student protection plans are in place for all approved and approved (fee cap) providers, and to intervene if there are signs that quality in any HE institution is failing. The OfS will take a ‘risk based’ approach to student protection, ensuring that the level of protection required in the plan is proportionate to each provider. It is intended that the OfS will monitor the financial health of institutions, alongside other potential ‘triggers’, and will require student protection measures to be implemented whenever there is a risk to student’s continuity of study. We expect these student protection plans to be available to all students, and to set out the protections students can expect if a course closes, or in the rare instance where an institution decides to exit the market.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/02/2017 14:58:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

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

675736

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: Student Wastage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students dropped out of their graduate degree course in each of the years from 2012 to 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL4811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs). The percentage of UK domiciled full-time first degree entrants at UK HEIs who did not continue their studies in the following year are published as part of the ‘UK Performance Indicators for Higher Education’ and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/non-continuation" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/non-continuation</a>.</p><p>The latest available statistics, found in Table T3a, show that 27,580 UK domiciled full-time first degree entrants at UK HEIs in the 2013/14 academic year were no longer in higher education in the following year. The equivalent statistic for entrants in 2012/13 showed that 24,745 entrants were no longer in higher education in the following year.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2017 17:23:11 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

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