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Online Protection: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the NSPCC and Barnardo’s for the work that they are doing with the Government to help to keep children safe online, but also in the home and outside the home. We are committed to introducing a duty of care on social media companies. We published the initial response to the consultation in February and a full response will be published later this year. We are working with the sector on a detailed code of conduct. But the first thing we must do to keep children safe is to get them back in school, and I would like the hon. Lady to support us in doing that.
International Students — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): This month I appointed the UK’s first international education champion. Together we are working to provide reassurance that our internationally renowned, world-leading universities will be open, flexible and welcoming. We are also communicating the fact that we recently strengthened the UK’s offer by announcing the new graduate route.
International Students — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Greg Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): International students are extremely important to the University of Buckingham, making up over 40% of all students there. Will my hon. Friend work closely with the University of Buckingham and look at all possible measures to ensure that international students can fully participate as soon as possible in the first-class education the university has to offer?
International Students — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have already outlined, we are working to help to mitigate the challenges that universities face, which are faced globally in the higher education sector. In addition, on 4 May we announced a sustainability package on top of the additional support that the Treasury had already announced—£700 million to the sector, including the job retention scheme and access to coronavirus loans. The package that we announced on 4 May also included bringing forward £100 million of quality-related funding for research because, as the hon. Lady will know, international students cross-subsidise research.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that my hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Dr Hudson) will join me in thanking all staff in further and higher education for their work in responding to this unprecedented challenge—they have done a fantastic job. In further education we have introduced flexibilities and encouraged online teaching so that learners can complete their courses as planned. Colleges are open and we want to get all learners back into college as soon as possible.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Neil Peter Hammerton Hudson (Conservative, Centre-right): The coronavirus pandemic throws into sharp relief the importance of food production and security, and the critical areas of health and social care. Newton Rigg College in Penrith in my constituency has over 1,000 learners and 130 staff, and trains people in vital areas such as agriculture, land-based studies and health and social care. The college has now been listed for possible closure in July 2021 by its host institution, Askham Bryan College, creating much uncertainty over its future. Does my hon. Friend agree that colleges such as Newton Rigg are vital for our rural communities, and will the Department for Education and other Departments work with me and local stakeholders to try to secure a viable and sustainable future for that prized asset of both Cumbria and, indeed, the wider UK?
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our further education colleges are vital for supporting young people in rural communities to get the skills they need. I am aware that the governors at Askham Bryan College have made an in-principle decision to close the Newton Rigg campus from July 2021. Indeed, my hon. Friend and I have now met twice with the Further Education Commissioner to discuss this, at my hon. Friend’s request, so I know he will continue to campaign on this issue. My officials are working with the college and stakeholders to ensure that learners and communities in and around Eden Valley continue to have access to high-quality further education.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course, international students are a key concern for the sector at the moment and, as my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Universities outlined before, work is going on in this area and there is a two-tier system. The Department for International Trade is also working with the Department for Education to encourage students, particularly those in Europe, to come over and continue their international student placements.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): May I associate myself with the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the tragedy in his constituency Of course, this is a very difficult time. There is massive uncertainty in many of our sectors, and lots of those would have potentially provided short-term work opportunities to students. Obviously, the most important thing we need to do now is reopen our economy, get our economy working and provide those opportunities for young people. In the meantime, there are a number of supports and discretionary grants that are available through the FE sector or the HE sector to support students during this difficult time.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are taking steps to ensure that universities in all four corners of the United Kingdom can continue to deliver the world-class education for which they are renowned. In May, we announced a package of measures to support our universities and safeguard the interests of students. This means that every student who wants to go to university and gets the grades can achieve their ambition. The package includes new measures to temporarily control student numbers, combined with an enhanced clearing system. That is the right thing to do to ensure a fair and orderly admissions system.
Further and Higher Education — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): Clearly, the UK does have a globally attractive offer, given the sheer number of people who want to study here, and the many benefits of doing so. Of course, we are very proud of the sector and will continue to work with it during this difficult time. We will continue to work with the Department for International Trade and the Home Office to ensure that the path for international students wishing to study here is as clear as possible.
Destinations Data — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to raise the important role of destinations data. It is great to see that King Alfred’s Academy in his constituency has seen 91% of 2017 leavers go on to further education, employment or an apprenticeship, which is above the average for England.
Destinations Data — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
David Mervyn Johnston (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that destinations data is particularly important in the light of covid, and that we need our schools focused on helping young people to the destinations to which they were on track before lockdown, and our colleges, universities and employers taking due account of the loss of learning when making their decisions?
Destinations Data — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Labor
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): We must never lose sight of how important it is to know what youngsters end up going on to do. Yes, we want them to leave school, college or university as well-rounded individuals with all the tools they need to succeed in life, but they have to be tools that lead them into employment so that they can continue to succeed. That is why destinations data is so important, and why it is quite right that Ofsted attaches such high importance to it.
Higher Education Institutions: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): I recognise that university students and graduates are facing a number of challenges. In May, we announced a package of stabilisation measures, which ensures that we continue to look after the best interests of students as well as support our world-class higher education system. We are also working closely with the sector to support graduates.
Higher Education Institutions: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is quite right to say that access and participation are key priorities for this Government, and the Office for Students has launched access and participation measures for every institution. Higher education plays a key role in filling the skills needs of the economy, but so does further education, and our priority is to ensure quality provision and that students can make informed choices that are in the best interests of their career destinations.
Teaching Profession: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Our recruitment and retention strategy sets out our plans to attract high-quality recruits to the profession. The "Get into teaching" marketing campaign provides information to trainees, including on the availability of tax-free bursaries and scholarships worth up to £28,000 in certain subjects. We have also set out plans to increase the minimum starting salary for teachers to £30,000 by September 2022.
Teaching Profession: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Christopher Robert Chope (Conservative, Centre-right): Sadly, many people are losing their jobs or are threatened with redundancy, and we know there is a mass shortage of teachers of physics and maths in particular. Will my right hon. Friend enable schools to second people from industry to fill the vacancies, so that people with talent can fill the vacuum?
Teaching Profession: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The organisation Now Teach, which was set up by Lucy Kellaway and which we support, has seen a huge surge of interest from people like the ones my hon. Friend suggests. It helps career changers to come into teaching. We have also seen a 12% increase in applications to teacher training in the last quarter, to the end of May.
Undergraduate Degrees: Lifetime Earnings — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): We are committed to enabling students to make the most informed decisions possible, tackling low-quality courses and ensuring that students and the taxpayer see a return on their investment. We want a high-quality, sustainable model that meets our skills needs and maintains our world-leading reputation.
Undergraduate Degrees: Lifetime Earnings — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Neil John O'Brien (Conservative, Centre-right): The Institute for Fiscal Studies found that for 30% of students, the economic return on their degree was negative both for them and for taxpayers. Surely with such clear economic evidence that so many young people would be better off if they took a different route, it is time to rebalance from just higher education to a stronger technical education system?
Undergraduate Degrees: Lifetime Earnings — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): It is important that students make as informed choices as possible from a range of high-quality courses, and university is not the only or the best route for certain careers. Some students may be better placed if they do higher technical qualifications or apprenticeships. That is why the Secretary of State is spearheading a revolution in further education in this country, including the introduction of T-levels.
Remote Education: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have provided a £100 million package of advice and support to enable remote teaching. That has included delivering laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children and working with the new Oak National Academy, the BBC and others to ensure strong national availability of remote educational resources.
Remote Education: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Simon Robert Maurice Baynes (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree that schools have not only provided imaginative remote online learning during the crisis, as he has just stated, but played a vital role in supporting the frontline though education hubs and related projects, such as the production of personal protective equipment by students at Ysgol Dinas Brân in my constituency?
Remote Education: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): We are very grateful for the hard work and dedication of our teachers during this time and have highlighted the innovative work of schools in a series of recently published case studies. I congratulate those children at Ysgol Dinas Brân on producing more than 800 visors. It is a prime example of that very innovation.
Remote Education: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Julie Marson (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to the huge efforts that schools and their staff across Hertford and Stortford have made in supporting the children of key workers and are now making to get more pupils back to school. Does my right hon. Friend agree that schools have an opportunity to continue some of the innovations they have made, such as remote learning?
Remote Education: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Remote teaching has been a significant challenge for teachers across the sector, and I am grateful to all those who have worked so hard to ensure their pupils’ education has continued despite the difficulties of lockdown. Some innovations will no doubt continue to be beneficial, and we are working with organisations such as the Education Endowment Foundation to take an evidence-based approach to establishing how schools can best use remote practices in future.
School Attendance — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): About 18% of children with an education, health and care plan or a social worker attended an education setting on 11 June. The Department does not collect separate attendance data for those eligible for free school meals.
School Attendance — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): I am enormously proud that after 10 years of a Conservative-led Government the attainment gap between those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those from more advantaged backgrounds has narrowed at every stage of children’s education. We have kept schools open for vulnerable children, and those children most at risk have been seen or contacted by their social workers. I thank social workers and schools across the country for doing that. We need to get children back to school, and the Opposition should support us.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that every child and young person in this country has experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of coronavirus. The Government are committed to doing everything possible to ensure they have the support they need to make up for that lost time in education. That is why on Friday I announced a £1 billion catch-up plan to lift outcomes for all pupils but with targeted support for those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds who are most at risk.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Peter James Guy Aldous (Conservative, Centre-right): While last Friday’s announcement was welcome, please could the Secretary of State outline how this coming autumn he will support colleges such as East Coast College in Lowestoft as they face the major challenge of supporting those 16 to 19-year-old students whose courses have been badly disrupted? Will he also review the method of funding with regard to capping and lagging payments, which present specific cash-flow difficulties that colleges will have difficulty in overcoming at this time?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): It is our ambition that East Coast College students and all college students will have the opportunity to make up for lost education. Remote learning has been working really well, but we will provide more details soon on how 16-to-19 providers can further support students. Funding allocations for 2020-21 have been guaranteed, and payments will be made in line with the national profile.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Centre-right): It is clear that the initial focus has been on the school catch-up. There has been a great response from the further education sector, which was quick to move online and to provide a wide range of engaging and innovative classes. We recognise the need for catch-up, particularly for those starting college from school, and we are working to see what more support we can give to make up for the disruption due to covid-19.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Stuart Paul Anderson (Conservative, Centre-right): In Wolverhampton, we have several outstanding special educational needs and disability—SEND—schools, including Penn Hall and Tettenhall Wood. What is my right hon. Friend doing to help vulnerable children to return to education safely in those schools?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is a great champion of those schools. I would like to mention Wightwick Hall, a school on the border between his constituency and mine. We recognise that it is really important to ensure that we get the guidance right, and we have been working closely with the sector to ensure that the specialist needs of many of those children, who sometimes have particularly complex health conditions, are met and that they have the ability to return to school at the very earliest opportunity if that is in line with their health needs as well. I hope to have the opportunity to join my hon. Friend on a visit to one of those schools in the not-too-distant future.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): Due to covid-19, we have made some temporary flexibilities for local authorities. They are temporary, not permanent, and they are to be used only where normal procedures cannot be followed. I am told that the number of missing children at this time has decreased.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Neil John O'Brien (Conservative, Centre-right): Across Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, teachers have done a wonderful job of looking after children during lockdown. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to get our schools fully reopened in a way that is safe for both pupils and teachers?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government want all schools to be fully reopened in September. We have produced guidance on protective measures that schools will take, and all staff, children and families will have access to testing if they display symptoms. We are working with local authorities and regional schools commissioners to address any particular local issues, but it is in the interests of all children to be in school with their friends and their teachers.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): I can assure the hon. Member that I am anything but absent. As we have already announced, we launched a package on 4 May that included re-profiling £2.6 billion of tuition fee funding. We also brought forward £100 million of quality-related research funding, we stabilised the admissions system with student number controls, and we offered more support for students. That was all on top of access to the coronavirus job retention scheme and the business loan support scheme to the value of £700 million. I am more than happy to speak to the university in question directly.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Damien Moore (Conservative, Centre-right): Schools across England, including in my constituency, will benefit from the £1 billion catch-up fund. Will my right hon. Friend commit to ensuring, in that time, that school standards continue to improve, and will he confirm that he will pay another visit to my constituency to see this in action?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I would be absolutely delighted to join my hon. Friend to visit schools in his constituency in the very near future. It is really important that we understand the vital role that Ofsted plays in making sure that we have strong accountability in schools. One of the aspects that I will ask Ofsted to look at as we are making this significant investment of £1 billion to support youngsters to catch up and support schools is how it has been implemented and how children have been supported in their catch-up plans.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): On the same theme, recent data from Sport England suggests that one in three children have been less physically active during lockdown, with one in 10 doing no physical exercise at all. Will my right hon. Friend take the opportunity today, during National School Sport Week, to confirm that the instrumental PE and sport premium for primary schools, which is worth £320 million a year and was introduced by the coalition Government in 2013, will have its funding guaranteed for the next academic year, 2020-21?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government want to ensure that all children get an active start in life and engage in daily physical activity, which is why we launched the school sport and activity action plan last year. We will confirm arrangements for the primary PE and sport premium in the 2020-21 academic year as soon as possible.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2020-06-22
Topic: Transportation
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The key is to get more children walking and cycling to school, and using other forms of transport other than public transport, but we are working across Government, with the Department for Transport and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to address the necessary transport issues in order to get children back to school in September.