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Proceeding contribution from Lord St John of Fawsley (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 27 October 2010. It occurred during Debate on Higher Education: Funding.


Higher Education: Funding

What is the essential point of a university? The currency of the word has been successively devalued, but a university is a body that engages in research. It is not a glorified high school, technical school or polytechnic, but an institution of higher learning. Successive Governments have offered people at universities courses that are not university courses at all. That is what we should be looking at. I speak as a former Minister in charge of higher education.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
721 c1235 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disadvantaged Finance Fees and charges Grants Higher education Interest rates Loans Part-time education Universities Repayments Research Students Science Higher Education and Student Finance Independent Review
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk