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Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Bexley (23 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The information is not held centrally.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Historic Buildings (23 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The allocations for 2008/09 are as follows. £ Anglia Ruskin University 150,865 Aston University 34,813 Bath Spa University 155,009 University of Bedfordshire 50,742 Birkbeck College 205,137 University of Birmingham 698,531 Birmingham City University 158,161 Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln 494,810 University of Bolton 30,699 ...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Qualifications (23 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The latest available information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is shown in tables 1 and 2. Figures for 2008/09 will be available in January 2010. Table 1 shows the number of students who commenced HNC, HND and foundation degrees in each year since 2000. The figures exclude the Open University due to inconsistencies in their entrants' data. Table 2 shows the number of...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (12 Nov 2009) See 5 other results from this debate

David Lammy: Last week, we published our higher education framework. There has been a narrowing in the gap between the least advantaged and the most advantaged in terms of higher education participation in recent years, but we want to go further, for example by supporting many of the recommendations in the recent report by the panel on fair access to the professions chaired by my right hon. Friend the...

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (12 Nov 2009) has video See 1 other result from this debate

David Lammy: Well, for reasons known only to him, the right hon. Gentleman will have missed the fact that there is indeed an inquiry, which is being led by Sir Deian Hopkin, the former vice-chancellor of South Bank university. I have said that I am sorry for what has happened, and so has the chief executive of the Student Loans Company. We did that in the House a few weeks ago, so I hope that the right...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Higher Education: Radicalism (12 Nov 2009)

Baroness Neville-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, David Lammy, on 15 July (HC Deb, col. 507W), which higher education institutions will receive further targeted support for Prevent funding in the new academic year.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Government Assistance (12 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: We currently have a portfolio of £65 million this financial year 2009-10 which when based on the current average loan value of £6,441 provides for 10,092 loans. We are pleased with the engagement from two banks—Barclays and the Co-operative. This gives us a good platform to build on and to ensure that supply meets the demand we expect over the coming years for PCDLs.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Admissions (12 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: HEFCE is still in the process of allocating funded additional student numbers (ASN) to institutions for 2010-11. Until that process is completed it is not known what the balance will be between places for new entrants and places to meet the needs arising from previous years' expansion.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Train to Gain Programme (12 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills hold regular meetings with officials from the Learning and Skills Council and a wide range of issues are discussed. The Skills Investment Strategy, due to be issued shortly, will set out as in previous years the planned investment in adult further education and skills for 2010-11 financial year and learner volumes on an academic...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: British-Israel Research and Academic Exchange (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange partnerships scheme (BIRAX) is largely privately funded with a start-up contribution of £20,000 from the Government including £15,000 from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The first round of awards was announced by the British Council in October 2009. A total of 15 projects have been successful in obtaining BIRAX...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: As we made clear in our publication Higher Ambitions, we believe that further education colleges have an important role in providing higher education. Further education colleges are invaluable in promoting locally accessible higher education and in the provision of skills and qualifications up to and including foundation degree level.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: Information on the destinations of students completing a Higher Education qualification in a further education college is not held centrally.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The latest provisional figures are shown in the table. Final figures for 2007/08 and provisional figures for 2008/09 will be available in January. Number and proportion of higher education enrolments by level of study, English further education colleges, academic year 2007/08 Level of study Number Percentage Bachelor of Arts 10,980 9 Bachelor of Science 2,085 2 ...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The latest provisional figures are shown in the table. Final figures for 2007-08 and provisional figures for 2008-09 will be available in January 2010. Proportion of higher education enrolments by mode of study and age: English further education colleges academic year 2007-08 Full-time Part-time Unknown mode All ages 25 74 1 of which; Under 19 12 3 0 19...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The latest information is provided in the table. Final figures for 2007/08 and provisional figures for 2008/09 will be available in January. Higher education enrolments( 1) English further education colleges—Academic years 2002/03 to2007/08 Academic year Enrolments 2002/03 139,215 2003/04 143,065 2004/05 140,490 2005/06 138,305 2006/07 130,235 ...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects information on the number of Foundation Degree qualifiers at Higher Education Institutions. Information on Foundation Degree qualifiers from English Further Education Colleges is not available. The latest information from HESA is shown in the table. Qualifiers( 1) from foundation degrees by subject of study English higher education...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Admissions (11 Nov 2009)

David Lammy: Information on the previous institution type of students studying higher education qualifications at further education colleges is not held centrally.