§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 26 March 1998,Official Report, column 238, what factors 341W underlay the selection of universities his Department's officials will visit; and what plans his Department's officials have to visit Exeter University. [40203]
§ Mr. Tony LloydOur aim is to visit each university every 4–5 years. In addition we are paying particular attention to:
- former polytechnics
- good source of minority ethnic students according to the Windsor Fellowship
- high proportion of female students
- good hard language department
- leading university in the field of EU studies (included from 1997).
Exeter university was last visited in 1993 and will be targeted for either a careers fair or careers presentation this autumn.