Innovation, Universities and Skills - Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 March 2008.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

Equivalent or lower qualifications
Withdrawal of support for ELQ students

Effect of the withdrawal of funding on fees

Our inquiry

2  Policy on public funding for ELQs

Policy on funding ELQ students

Justification for the policy

The Leitch Review

20,000 first-time students

"Perpetual students"

Timing of the change

Consultation on policy

3  Impact of the policy change

Part-time students
Co-funding with employers

Disproportionate effects

Impact assessment

Data used by HEFCE for modelling

4  Implementation

Transitional arrangements

Exemptions proposed by HEFCE

Reviews of exemptions

Policing the arrangements

5  Conclusions

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Thursday 17 January 2008

Written Evidence

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Prepared 27 March 2008