Results 1-17 of 17 for ("top up" fees) speaker:Ian Gibson

Rare Medical Conditions (14 Oct 2008)

Ian Gibson: .... A consultant at Guys called me to say that the Government had used a special system, on which the Minister will elaborate, for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. A special commissioning group had decided to extend the system to a group of patients in this country, and various strategic health authorities had come out and said that Eculizumab must be available on the NHS. What a way...

Rare Medical Conditions (14 Oct 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...come about because of some doggedness in a PCT or in individuals, or whether the wrong people are involved and so on. The numbers are not astronomical, but let us say that those 800 all paid top-up fees. I am sure that good administration and good judgments about how the system operates and who is involved could greatly reduce that number until it became fairly trivial.

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Creative Industries (20 Mar 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...endeavour. Business should pay partly for universities and higher education colleges because that is where the innovation and creativity come from, and it should pay for the students who end up working for companies. In America, when new students go to a city such as Philadelphia, it is not simply left to the university to entertain and talk to them; instead, the city's community and...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Stroke Services (11 Jul 2007)

Ian Gibson: May I welcome the Front-Bench team to the debate? It is nice to see them. I have not spoken with, or against, the Secretary of State for Health since the debate on top-up fees; I had fond memories while I listened to this debate. An exhibition is on at the Wellcome Trust's science foundation on Euston road. It is about all parts of the vascular system—the heart, veins, arteries and so...

Estimates, 2007-08: Department of Trade and Industry (9 Jul 2007)

Ian Gibson: ...this place, whereby they can filter some of their shares to offshore islands, such as Jersey and Guernsey. I do not think that that is any better, but it is quite legitimate, and if we are opening up transparency in this country, we should look at it carefully. In the case that the hon. Gentleman refers to, the individual did not try to defend the situation as much as the papers attacked...

Adult Education (21 Jun 2005)

Ian Gibson: I welcome the debate because we often see education only as higher education, degrees and top-up fees, and once we have finished debating them we discuss child care and so on. Adult learning has slipped back and been put bottom of the list. I want to make one point to confirm much of what the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) said. The city college in Norwich faces funding cuts of...

Adult Education (21 Jun 2005)

Ian Gibson: ..., where I believe there may be some talent in odd places. We will miss a lot of tricks if we do not allow those adult education courses to continue. I also want to say that I do not believe that fees are the answer to anything. Many hon. Members present will know of my antipathy to top-up fees and similar measures aimed at trying to sort out funding crises. Fees will never do...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (21 Mar 2005)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...in the first motion passed at the Stem Cell Foundation, and the House would miss several eminent Labour Members' contributions to science and technology and, indeed, to higher education— top-up fees and so on—if we were not returned to government. Many constituents will believe that, and many members of the Royal Society believe the same thing, too, but there may be one or...

Higher Education Bill: New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student (31 Mar 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: ...still be looking for the so-called best deal—a phrase that has been used often. One of the more seductive arguments for variability has been that while it allows universities to charge higher fees, it also allows them to charge less. I have already spoken about why universities might charge less. The argument concerns me because I can see it being used in the not-too-distant future...

The Scientific Response to Terrorism (18 Mar 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is incongruous that, as a consequence of the top-up fees issue, we will have to recruit more students from abroad to get the money into higher education?

Light Pollution and Astronomy (12 Feb 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: ..., and was produced in exactly the spirit that the Liaison Committee wanted. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Harris), who persisted in trying to make us take up this issue. He suffered several defeats in the ballot, but he came back for more and will be pleased that we have produced a report that has been acknowledged by many of the professionals in the...

Manufacturing (11 Feb 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: What about top-up fees?

Higher Education Bill (27 Jan 2004)

Dr Ian Gibson: ..., but it is not yet first class. The Royal Society examined the crisis in science education. Sir Alistair MacFarlane, chair of its education committee, warned that the introduction of variable top-up fees could especially put off students enrolling on some undergraduate courses in science, engineering and technology. There is therefore deep anxiety about the use of top-up fees. The chair...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Dr Ian Gibson: The hon. Gentleman shows his age. No super football team now exists on just 11 players. There are 30 to 40 players in the first squad, who come from different parts of the world and interact in all sorts of strange ways that are unpredictable, and they need a manager to bring everything together, as well as a lot of money. My second point is on research and teaching, which the report...

Small Businesses (2 Jul 2003)

Dr Ian Gibson: Yes, and all the other new universities that are coming onstream and interacting. The higher education White Paper is not just about tuition fees and top-up fees; it is about the interaction between academia and industry. Richard Lambert, ex-editor of the Financial Times, is charged with feeding that White Paper with information from the study that he is carrying out. The work that he has...

Science Education (3 Apr 2003)

Dr Ian Gibson: Yes, that is true, but it is a circular problem. Unless we get people enthused at an early age so that they go on to higher education and then back into the system, the shortage of people picking up science subjects at university will continue. We need to give golden hellos to encourage people to go into teaching the sciences. Some issues are being addressed, but we have got into a slough of...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (20 Nov 2002)

Dr Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of university top-up fees on the drive to increase participation in higher education.