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Higher Education Courses

Monday 4 July 2022 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Universities will face stringent minimum thresholds for student outcomes based on completion rates and graduate employment.
  • Boots-on-the-ground inspections of universities have commenced.
  • Leigh College in James Grundy's constituency will become a campus of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, offering degree-equivalent STEM courses.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 James Grundy
Education
Context

The question arises from the need to improve the quality and standards of higher education courses in the UK.

Question

What progress he has made on improving the quality of higher education courses?

Answer from Michelle Donelan

For the first time, universities will be subject to stringent minimum thresholds for student outcomes on completion rates and graduate jobs. Boots-on-the-ground inspections have begun, and through our transparency drive to give students all the information that they need and a focus on participation and outcomes, we are driving out the pockets of poor quality in our world-leading higher education sector.

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Q2 James Grundy
Education Science & Technology
Context

The question arises from the recent achievement by Leigh College in James Grundy's constituency, becoming a campus of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology.

Question

Would my right hon. Friend congratulate Leigh College in my constituency on becoming a campus of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, offering the opportunity to study degree-equivalent STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—courses to local students and bringing £13 million in educational investment to the local borough?

Answer from Michelle Donelan

I know how hard my hon. Friend has campaigned for that investment. The Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, once open, will play a critical role in filling the local skills gaps in key sectors such as construction, digital and advanced manufacturing, as well as in getting local people high-paid local jobs.

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