Debate Pack
International Men’s Day 2021
A debate on International Men's Day will take place in Westminster Hall on Thursday 25th November 2021, from 1:30pm. Nick Fletcher and Philip Davies MP will open the debate.
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Research Briefing
Level 3 qualifications reform: What’s happening to BTECs?
Public funding will be removed from “low-quality” level 3 courses that overlap with A Levels and T Levels from 2024.
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Insight
Level 3 qualifications reform: What’s happening to BTECs?
Public funding will be removed from “low-quality” level 3 courses that overlap with A Levels and T Levels from 2024.
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Research Briefing
Education spending in the UK
Education spending peaked in around 2010 at 5.5% of GDP or £104 billion (2019-20 prices). It has fallen since then, but how much of this is due to changes to definitions, where does this leave the UK compared to other countries and how does this fall in spending compare to others over the past seven decades?
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Research Briefing
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill
An overview of the Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill currently before Parliament, and related issues.
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Research Briefing
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
This research briefing has been written for the House of Commons second reading debate on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. It provides background on the main provisions of the Bill, outlines its progress through Parliament, contains reaction from the FE sector, and considers relevant issues.
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Debate Pack
Provision of school-based counselling services
There will be a debate in the Commons chamber on 9 November 2021, on the provision of school-based counselling services. The subject for this debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee, and is sponsored by Nicholas Brown MP and Robert Halfon MP.
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Debate Pack
Inclusion of sustainability and climate change in the national curriculum
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on including the subjects of sustainability and climate change in the national curriculum. The debate will be held at 9:30am on 27 October 2021 and will be led by Nadia Whittome MP.
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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
The Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings) Bill 2021-22
Briefing on the Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings) Bill
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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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Insight
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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