§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what encouragement he is giving to industrial sponsorship in tertiary education; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneProvision is made for individual students in higher education to receive £500 from an industrial sponsor without any reduction in their grant. The research councils co-operate with industry in a number of schemes for the support of postgraduate students and in funding some research projects in higher education. The Government join with industry in financing the national engineering scholarships for students on first degree courses in engineering and are continuing to explore other ways of fostering collaboration between higher education and industry.