Students: Finance

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 23 November 2015.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Bridget Phillipson Bridget Phillipson Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to measure the (a) educational, (b) labour market and (c) societal outcomes of student opportunity allocation funding using individual-based data on a national level.

Photo of Jo Johnson Jo Johnson Minister of State (Universities and Science)

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) recently published its policy framework for the student opportunity allocation: 'Delivering opportunities for students and maximising their success' which can be found at the following link: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2015/201514/. This set out its expectation that new initiatives will only be funded where they have robust evaluation plans in place, including the application of suitable research methods and the appropriate use of individual and national level data. HEFCE also plans to develop a framework setting out the outcomes against which the HE sector will be expected to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of its work. It is envisaged this will include a range of educational, labour market and, where possible, wider societal outcomes.

Does this answer the above question?

Yes0 people think so

No0 people think not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.