§ Mr. Bryan DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education which institutions or students are to lose funding as a consequence of the reduction in the postgraduate support scheme funding; what the level of the reduction is in total; and how much will be lost by each institution or student affected.
§ Mr. BoswellProvision for the Department's postgraduate awards scheme will be reduced by 10 per cent. from 1995–96 to a total of £4.3 million.
From the academic year 1995–96, bursary support will be withdrawn from postgraduate courses as follows:
Journalism
- University College, Cardiff
- City University
Tourism
- University of Surrey
Language studies
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- University of Bath
- University of Bradford
- University of Kent
- University of Westminster
Art gallery and museum studies
- University of Manchester
- University of Leicester
The number of bursaries for postgraduate studies in librarianship and information studies in the academic year 1995–96 will be reduced by 10 per cent. at the following institutions:
- University College Wales Aberystwyth
- University of Central England
- Thames Valley University
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Loughborough University
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University College London
- University of Northumbria
- University of North London.
Students already on courses will not be affected.
It is not possible to give figures in respect of the financial effect on individual institutions or students since bursaries are means-tested and the circumstances of individuals vary significantly.