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Higher Education: Government Support

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

778 cc722-8 

Session

2024-26

Department

Department for Education

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Bayo Alaba | 778 cc722-48 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to have secured this debate on Government support for higher education. The UK is ho...

Jim Shannon | 778 c723 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. I spoke to him beforehand to get the thrus...

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Bayo Alaba | 778 cc723-4 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution and welcome his comments. Indeed, the business mo...

Rachael Maskell | 778 c724 (Link to this contribution)

I am devastated to hear of the situation in Southend. In York, financial pressures are also preva...

Bayo Alaba | 778 c3 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I do agree. We need to look at the business model and make sure that it is sustainable, cert...

Pam Cox | 778 c3 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. I share his concern about the impact of the clos...

Bayo Alaba | 778 cc3-4 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely; this closure affects the community in Southend and in Colchester. Four hundred member...

Lee Pitcher | 778 c4 (Link to this contribution)

I am also desperately sad to hear the news, as a former student of the University of Essex. It ga...

Bayo Alaba | 778 cc4-725 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution, and I agree. I have met members of the aviation comm...

David Burton-Sampson | 778 cc725-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southend East and Rochford (Mr Alaba) for securing the deba...

Pam Cox | 778 c726 (Link to this contribution)

Would my hon. Friend agree that it is a desperate situation when so many of our universities are ...

David Burton-Sampson | 778 cc5-727 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend’s analysis. We have been left in this situation by the last Governmen...

Josh MacAlister | 778 cc727-8 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to express my gratitude to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend East and Rochford ...

Subjects

Staff Closures Finance Fees and charges Higher education Redundancy Overseas students University of Essex Students Southend on Sea

Link

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