Higher Education
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how an institution can become a designated institution under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988.
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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how an institution can become a designated institution under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated cost to universities and other higher education providers, and the total estimated cost to the public purse, of the Research Excellence Framework 2014; and what alternative methods of delivering value
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that opened the Autumn 2014 termly email from her Department which included a link to the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what feedback her Department has received from schools on the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that changes to examination qualifications now under discussion do not set back the expansion of classics teaching in maintained schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the NHS Choices Winter Health Advice campaign; and for what purpose that expenditure has been incurred.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure universities better support students who are also carers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to attract non-EU academic staff to seek employment at universities in England and Wales.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on advertising higher education aimed at non-EU nationals in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people who enter higher education at the age of 18 do so with BTEC qualifications as the entry criteria.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2015
A Bill to set biodiversity and other targets for 2040; to establish a Natural Capital Committee; to require local authorities to maintain local ecological network strategies; to identify species threatened with extinction; to make provision for access to high quality natural green space; and to include education about the natural environment in the curriculum for maintained schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disabled two-year-olds have been (a) eligible for and (b) received free early years entitlement since September 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of schools offering triple science GCSEs; what steps they will take to support more state schools in all areas to offer triple science GCSEs to their pupils; and what steps they
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the success of the free school lunch programme for the under-sevens.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 6 May 2014 (WA 346), whether the new web portal to improve access to 16–18 performance data has been developed; and what data they expect it to yield on the experience of Gypsy
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people living in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire entered higher education in each of the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce funding for music hubs in 2016-17.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) 18-25 year olds going to university from each West Midlands constituency and (b) higher education students who fell into the top 20 per cent
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which new higher education institutions designated under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988 received funding for (a) capital works and (b) specific designated courses in the last
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ensure that consent and emotional safety in relationships are given enough emphasis with sexual and relationship education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds her Department has allocated to the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service in 2015-16.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was awarded by the (a) Arts and Humanities Research Council, (b) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, (c) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Cou
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital and revenue research funding was awarded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to institutions in each government office region in England in (a) 2010-11, (b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people living in Preston entered higher education in each of the last 20 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2015
A Bill to require universities to report to those paying tuition fees on how those fees are treated and spent; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to widen access to higher education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to remove financial barriers to postgraduate education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at secondary school level.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school places were created in Bradford between 2005 and 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places were created in Bradford between 2005 and 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have gone to university from Bradford in each year between 2001 and 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of primary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art in the 2014-15 academic year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the change in the number of primary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art between 2010 and 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of secondary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art in the 2014-15 academic year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at primary school level.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of secondary school children participating in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art between 2010 and 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers held the status of specialist primary school physical education teacher in each of the last two years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the advertising budget is for her Department's Your Life campaign; and how much her Department has spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities local authorities will have in relation to further education as part of the (a) Manchester and (b) Sheffield City Deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are putting in place to support the creation of enterprise societies in education institutions throughout the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on the Tuition Protection Scheme for international students in Australia.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the increase in the number of young people choosing to study for degrees at further education colleges as opposed to traditional universities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department offers to service leavers seeking to undertake postgraduate study.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department is providing for the Health Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young programme; and in which area it is being rolled out.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what types of learning beyond level 1 and 2 courses are available to prisoners.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Educational Endowment Foundation on cultural education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget is spent on prevention of ill health.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes there have been in the level of participation in (a) dance, (b) music, (c) theatre and (d) arts and crafts in primary schools in Pendle in each of the last five years.