Proceeding contribution from Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 27 March 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on European Council: 23-24 March 2006.

European Council: 23-24 March 2006

My Lords, obtaining comparable numbers of students to those in European universities has been a central plank of the Government’s argument for expanding the cohort of our young in higher education to 50 per cent—but in circumstances where, as the Statement says, no continental university in the EU is in the top 20 in the world. Are the Government minded to transfer some of those scarce resources from encouraging weak students to try non-rigorous subjects to reinforcing the universities that we have that are capable of competing globally?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 680 c588-9
Session: 2005-06
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Constitutions Elections European Union EU internal trade Gibraltar EU economic policy EU reform Regulation European Council Ukraine EU external relations EU energy policy Belarus World economy
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European Council: 23-24 March 2006

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