Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 November 2004. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reports he has received on the milestones presently in existence for universities in respect of their admissions; whether he plans to publish them; by what means they are publicly available; and whether he expects to be informed by universities of changes in their milestones.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what reports he has received on the milestones presently in existence for universities in respect of their admissions; whether he plans to publish them; by what means they are publicly available; and whether he expects to be informed by universities of changes in their milestones. [194950] Dr. Howells: The access agreements that institutions will have from 2006 with the Director of Fair Access will include the institutions' own milestones, or measures of success. The milestones may draw on a range of data. Access agreements will be published. The Secretary of State has not received any report in respect of these milestones. These milestones are separate from the Performance Indicators that were published recently by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Published annually, these current indicators provide comparative data on the performance of institutions in widening participation, student retention, learning and teaching outcomes and research output. They cover publicly funded higher education institutions in the UK.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 194950; 426 c291W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Access Admissions Higher education Standards Universities Office for Fair Access
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk