Debate Pack
E-petition debate: Reduce university tuition fees
Read the Government’s response and background material on reducing university tuition fees ahead of the debate on e-petition 550344 on Monday 25 October.
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Research Briefing
University admissions 2021
A levels were cancelled again in 2021 due to the pandemic. Final grades were awarded based on teacher assessments. This resulted in a large increase in the number of top grades awarded. What impact did this have on the number of students starting in 2021 and on the number of places and accommodation available? How might teaching at the start of the academic year be affected by the pandemic?
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Insight
Student finance in England: How much would it cost to bring back grants?
What is the hypothetical effect of reintroducing a means-tested grant for undergraduates, of up to £3,000 a year.
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Insight
Student finance in England: Extending the loan term and increasing the repayment rates
A 35 year loan term could cut the cost of loans to the taxpayer by £1.5 billion, and a 10% repayment rate could cut the cost by £0.7 billion.
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Student finance in England: Impact of reducing the fee cap
Reducing the fee cap for undergraduates to £7,500 per year would mainly benefit higher earning borrowers, particularly men.
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Insight
Student finance in England: Impact of lowering the repayment threshold
A hypothetical cutting of the threshold to £25,000 would result in middle earners having the largest absolute increase in repayments of any income group.
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Insight
Student finance in England: Impact of increasing the loan interest rate
A hypothetical 1 percentage point (ppt) increase would lead to higher repayments from richer graduates (borrowers), mainly men, in their 40s and 50s.
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Insight
Student finance in England: How much do graduates pay back?
How do graduates (borrowers) pay back their undergraduate loans and how does it differs depending on their earnings?
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Insight
An introduction to student finance in England
A summary of the current student finance system in England, who is involved in the system, and the main financial flows between them.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus: HE/FE return to campus in England 2021
This briefing paper discusses Covid-19 announcements affecting the Further and Higher Education sectors in England from January 2021. It outlines areas such as the return of students to campuses and refunds for students affected by the disruptions.
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Research Briefing
Domestic abuse: Support for victims and survivors
This paper explains the support available for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. This includes support from housing and social security agencies, and specialist domestic abuse support services such as Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs) and refuges.
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Research Briefing
Oxbridge ‘elitism’
For the last two decades both Oxford and Cambridge have taken more than half of their entrants from state schools. The latest rates are 67% for Oxford and 68% for Cambridge, or somewhat higher if overseas students at UK schools are excluded. These rates have generally increased over the past few decades, with particularly large increase in the last two years, but the historical data shows that progress has been slow. At the end of the 1920s around 20% of entrants to both universities started their education at a state school. In the late 1930s there rates were 24% at Oxford and 19% at Cambridge started their education at a state school. By the early 1950s these rates had increased to 43% and 34% respectively. In the early 1960s 34% of students at Oxford and 27% at Cambridge came from state secondary schools
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Research Briefing
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2021
This briefing has been written for the House of Commons Second Reading debate on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill. The paper gives background to the Bill, sets out the Bill's provisions, and provides commentary and responses to the Bill.
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Debate Pack
Science and Discovery Centres’ support for education in science and careers in STEM subjects
A Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Science and Discovery Centres’ support for education in science and careers in STEM subjects’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 24 March 2021 from 2:30pm. The debate has been initiated by Dr Ben Spencer MP.
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Research Briefing
Free speech in universities: What are the issues?
‘No platform’ policies, ‘safe spaces’, and the claim a ‘chilling effect’ is stifling diversity of opinion within universities.
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