Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 27 January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government is taking to promote courses at an (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate level directly relating to the extractive industry.
We recognise the higher cost of engineering courses, including mining engineering, through the provision of additional teaching grant. Universities have complete autonomy over the precise spread of undergraduate and postgraduate provision they offer, including those which can support the extractive industries. The Government’s reforms have improved the information for students on the labour market outcomes of different subjects and we encourage universities to work with employers to offer courses that meet their needs and that respond to student demand.
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