[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing Paper: Number 8386, 17 April 2019: Cost of university courses in England

... the number of students stating that they felt their higher education represented good value for ...the number of students who said that their course was good value for money increased by 3% to ... See full document

... A detailed summary of the analysis of the responses was set out in an annex to the response document. 51 In its response the Government stated that it had no wish to alter the basic right of parents to educate their ... See full document

... general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any loss or damage of ... See full document

... the number of unconditional offers made to applicants varied with subjects: The landscape of unconditional offer-making is not uniform across different course types, with patterns varying significantly by the ... See full document

... Home region… North East North West Yorkshire & the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Scotland, Wales & N.I.. Residence… Living at ho[r] ... See full document

... Not all disadvantaged pupils currently attract funding. Some schools do not focus funding on disadvantaged pupils appropriately or use the most cost-effective interventions, and, in any event, the evidence base is ... See full document

... specific courses, such as some postgraduate teacher training and some medical and healthcare courses, or provided indirectly through the Research Councils and the Postgraduate Support ... See full document

... The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds (AGE 16- 24) was introduced in February 2012, and provided £1,500 to small businesses hiring young apprentices. In 2013/14 advanced learner loans were ... See full document

... The Controlling Migration Fund includes a local services fund worth £100 million (£25 million in each of the four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20), which councils in England can bid for funding from. ... See full document

... 1. The School System in England This briefing offers a short introduction to the types of state-funded schools in England and how they differ from each other. Schools policy is a devolved area, and ... See full document

... Again, the proposals proved highly controversial and generated strong feeling among commentators – particularly with respect to the proposed subject content. On 20 March 2013, The Independent published a highly critical ... See full document

... We believe that [local authorities] are best placed to determine how resources should be used in the areas that they serve and to balance the demands of a broad range of discretionary travel against their budget ... See full document

... Dr David Halpern from the Behavioural Insights Team called it a “landmark study in terms of its methodological sophistication” setting a “new benchmark in data-linking”. 119 A previous critic of the evaluation from phase ... See full document

... RAB cost of student loans are calculated using a student loan repayment ...The paper HE in England from 2012: Funding and finance looks in depth at changes/improvements to the loan model over ... See full document

... RAB cost of student loans are calculated using a student loan repayment ...The paper HE in England from 2012: Funding and finance looks in depth at changes/improvements to the loan model over ... See full document

... (salaried) courses and providers could not recruit trainees in excess of their ...postgraduate courses, meaning that ITT providers had automatic permission to recruit above the number of training ... See full document

... • Other bursary elements such as extra week’s allowances for courses that run for longer than 30 weeks and 3 days each academic year, and practice placement expenses. Students who qualified for a bursary also had ... See full document

... high cost of uniforms can be put down in part to school policies that make parents buy clothing from specialist shops rather than giving them the choice of buying items at cheaper stores such as supermarkets or ... See full document

... Quality of language teaching As noted in section 2.1, the 2011 Ofsted report identified good teaching in two thirds of the lessons observed in primary school, with primary teachers’ subject knowledge and their teaching ... See full document

... It also asked Ofsted to report back by April 2019 on the inspectorate’s workforce and staff turnover. 4.3 Unregistered schools Independent schools providing a full-time education to five or more children of ... See full document