§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his statement of 22 January,Official Report, column 303, on higher education, what the evidential basis was for his 463W description of universities having offered great research accompanied by shoddy teaching; and to which courses at which universities he was referring. [93943]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI was highlighting the new measures announced in "The Future for Higher Education" which are aimed at ensuring that teaching is of a universally high standard. These new arrangements will mean that reputation for research excellence will no longer be assumed to be a proxy for high quality teaching. Concerns about the quality of teaching were raised by students with Ministers during their visits to universities, and reflected in some reports by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The White Paper on Higher Education also identified a number of shortcomings in the way that University teaching was recognised, supported and awarded.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), of 6 February 2003,Official Report, column 396W, on higher education, what research the Department for Education and Skills commissioned to conclude that the proposals included in the White Paper would have a positive impact on the economy; and if he will publish the research. [99128]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeWe are confident that the proposals in the White Paper will have a positive benefit on the economy and more widely on the quality of life.
Accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses by area of home residence1 Year of entry Students from: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Lancashire 7,750 6,266 6,660 6,314 6,670 6,792 Blackburn with Darwen 2— 591 802 847 801 869 Blackpool 2 502 554 566 616 574 The North West3 26,385 26,291 27,253 27,081 28,332 29,144 1As a result of local government reorganisation, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool which were previously part of Lancashire, became separate LEAs in 1998. 2 Not applicable. 3 Includes Lancashire Blackburn, Blackpool, Cheshire, Warrington, Halton, Cumbria and Greater Manchester. Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the planned increase in higher education funding is(a) tied to particular schemes and (b) for specified purposes. [98505]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe table on page 19 of the White Paper "The future of higher education" (Cm 5735) includes details of higher education funding in England from 2002–03 to 2005–06.
Based on that table, the analysis in the following table shows how each of the spending categories contributes to the total increase of funding between 2002–03 and 2005–06 of £2.3 billion.
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£million 2002–03 2005–06 Increase of 2005–06 over 2002–03 $of total increase in funding Research 1,910 2,633 723 31 Knowledge transfer 62 114 52 2 The proposals were informed by a range of research that has been published by the Department, by academics and by other organisations including:
other Government Departments including the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI),the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE),the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS),Universities UK,Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI); andthe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IPS).In many cases, references to the underpinning research are made in footnotes to the White Paper; and the research itself can be found in these organisations'publicly available websites. The Department's own research publications are at http:// www.dfes.gov.uk/research/and http://www.skillsbase.dfes.gov.uk.