Results 1-19 of 19 for ("top up" fees) speaker:Paul Farrelly

Business of the House: Higher Education (Student Support) (5 Jul 2007)

Paul Farrelly: ...welcome my right hon. Friend to his appointment? It is a long-overdue return to the Government for a man of true conviction. I know that he worked very hard with all of us to increase the student support that was on offer during the sometimes lively debate on top-up fees. May I congratulate him further on making such an immediate impact, with a package of measures that will certainly...

Business of the House: Higher Education (15 Mar 2007)

Paul Farrelly: ...hon. Gentleman would also include a good standard of teaching. Before he gets carried away in congratulating universities, does he believe that they have invested enough of the extra income from top-up fees in rewarding lecturers a little better?

Business of the House: Higher Education (15 Mar 2007)

Paul Farrelly: During the debate on top-up fees, I met the then Secretary of State to discuss the effectiveness of the Connexions service. The hon. Gentleman has just said that he would get rid of it, but we would then have nothing. What would he replace it with?

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding (3 Feb 2004)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is his policy that trainee teachers will be exempt from university top-up fees; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who will pay the planned maximum top-up fee of £3,000 for (a) a Welsh, (b) a Scottish and (c) a Northern Ireland student attending an English university.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Poorer Students (18 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ...to offer places to poorer students under a mandatory bursary scheme; (2) what form of bursary system he plans to adopt to help poorer students at universities that charge higher tuition fees; (3) what assessment he has made of the potential effects of a bursary system on the offer of places at university for poorer students; (4) what amount from higher top-up fees he will require...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Poorer Students (18 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ...what representations he has received from (a) Imperial College and (b) Sir Richard Sykes in respect of proposals to ask universities to provide bursaries for poorer students out of variable tuition fees; (2) what representations he has received from universities in England regarding proposals to provide bursaries for poorer students out of variable top-up fees; (3) what discussions he...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (17 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action he (a) has taken and (b) proposes to take to meet concerns expressed by hon. Members about the proposed implementation of variable top-up fees.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (12 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills who he intends will be responsible for raising the maximum cap on top-up fees; and by what mechanism.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Tuition Fees (12 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the additional amount that will be raised by universities if his proposals for variable top-up fees are implemented; (2) what estimate he has made of the amount that would be raised for universities if tuition fees rose to (a) £1,500, (b) £2,000, (c) £2,500 and (d) £3,000 per annum...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Tuition Fees (11 Nov 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) in what circumstances the ability of universities to charge top-up fees will be withdrawn; and by what process; (2) how he proposes to address the funding consequences of universities which have their ability to charge top-up fees withdrawn.

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ...to keep their remarks briefer. I, too, welcome the Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education to his new ministerial post. I start by congratulating the Government on abolishing upfront tuition fees and on raising the payback threshold for student loans, which are both welcome. I also congratulate them on increasing university funding and on recognising that we need to...

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: I shall answer my hon. Friend's point as I progress with my remarks. As the Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education limbers up for his new role, I fear that I should not allow my optimism to get the better of me. However, the omission that I mentioned means that the Government hardly demonstrate a resounding feeling of confidence in the central plank of their university...

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ...given way to my hon. Friend twice. The Government are investing in primary education, and ensuring that kids get A-levels in secondary education, so that they can go to university, but I cannot support the Government on top-up fees because they will make it harder for kids to get to the university of their choice—based on merit, not means—in the future. We just have to look at...

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ..., and I encourage my hon. Friend to read the research. Indeed, I will provide him with it after the debate. What will happen here is that leading universities—Oxbridge and the Russell Group—which already take the lowest proportion of children from poorer backgrounds, will become ever more the bastions of the better off. With access in mind, how do the Government justify their...

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: All I can say is that it happened somehow. In summary, I cannot support an amendment that sidesteps the heart of the controversy and seeks to endorse steps towards widening participation at the same time as introducing a system that will narrow it. However, until my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State responds to the consultation on the White Paper and we see whether he is prepared to...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: University Admissions (28 Apr 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: ...admissions, whether he estimates that the universities of (a) Oxford, (b) Cambridge, (c) The London School of Economics, (d) Bristol and (e) The Royal Veterinary College would be allowed to charge top-up fees from the start if his proposals for higher education were implemented.

Higher Education (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: Access is a problem, so I shall ask my right hon. Friend a simple question—why cannot we have incentives to improve access without divisive and differential top-up fees and different prices for different universities?

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Tuition Fees (9 Jan 2003)

Mr Paul Farrelly: What disadvantages does my right hon. Friend personally perceive in allowing different universities to charge students different top-up or tuition fees?