Higher Education

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:57 pm on 22 January 2003.

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Photo of Lord Crickhowell Lord Crickhowell Conservative 3:57, 22 January 2003

My Lords, why should the Minister believe that her access regulator will better know how to judge the potential of candidates for making effective use of a university education than universities themselves? Would it not be a national disgrace, to use her words, if the system were to penalise well-educated young people from good schools in order to assist the possible but unproved potential of others who come from bad schools, where standards need to be dramatically increased—again, to use her words?