HC Deb 18 February 1918 vol 103 cc487-8W
Sir HENRY CRAIK

asked the Undersecretary of State for War whether a scheme exists for allowing officers who are under hospital treatment to attend short courses at the university; and if there is any reason for limiting that scheme to the University of Oxford?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The scheme of instruction at Oxford University is an experiment, and it is not proposed to consider its extension to other universities until the result of the trial has been ascertained.

Mr. RAWLINSON

asked the Undertary of State for War why the courses of instruction for officers at a university, referred to in Army Council Instruction, No. 91, of 1918, are limited to Oxford University; and whether similar opportunity will be given without delay to other universities to start similar courses?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The scheme of instruction at Oxford University is an experiment, and it is not proposed to consider its extension to other universities until the result of the trial has been ascertained.