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That this House deeply regrets the refusal of the Secretary of State for Education and Science to give consideration to the application from the Derbyshire College of Higher Education for polytechnic status, when the college has recently won the right from the Council for National Academic Awards to award degrees for its own taught courses and had the clear prospect of first becoming a polytechnic and then a university; fails to comprehend why the Education Minister recently declared that he would not consider further applications from bodies which meets his earlier criteria in terms of student numbers, facilities and academic standards; and calls upon the Government to reverse this ludicrous decision, which will hamper the expansion of educational opportunity and damage the prospects for the local economy in Derbyshire.
That this House deeply regrets the refusal of the Secretary of State for Education and Science to give consideration to the application from the Derbyshire College of Higher Education for polytechnic status, when the college has recently won the right from the Council for National Academic Awards to award degrees...
That, bearing in mind that the survey conducted by the Advisory Board for the Research Councils revealed that an extra ??459 million is needed to fund scientific equipment to support research in United Kingdom universities and polytechnics, and noting that only 14 per cent. of the scientific equipment currently in use is considered state-of-the art, this House recommends that Her Majesty's Government should allocate total extra funding of ??100 million a year over the next five years to re-equip university and polytechnic laboratories in order to make good the neglect that is in danger of damaging the country's science base.
That, bearing in mind that the survey conducted by the Advisory Board for the Research Councils revealed that an extra ??459 million is needed to fund scientific equipment to support research in United Kingdom universities and polytechnics, and noting that only 14 per cent. of the scientific equipment currently in...