Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I am speaking to the various amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lo...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, which complement those that the noble Lord, Lord W...

My Lords, I speak in favour of Clause 10 being removed from the Bill. In doing so, I declare my i...

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with the comments of the noble Lord who has just spoken...

My Lords, I should like to testify that there is something utterly perverse in the current system...

My Lords, I chair the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, which I think is a very eff...

My Lords, I was present at Second Reading, when I did not speak, and I was not going to speak on ...

My Lords, I do not think anybody is suggesting that universities should just be left to get on wi...

My Lords, I shall comment briefly on some of the remarks about the NSS and perhaps try to address...

Before the noble Lord sits down, will he explain what consolation he will offer to those institut...

There are genuine questions, including the impact on overseas students, and I understand that iss...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, said that we are embarking on a journey, which indeed we...

My Lords, as a long-term university teacher, often rated by my students, both in this country and...

My Lords, I have two amendments in this grouping, and I declare my interest as a serving academic...

I declare an interest as former principal of St Anne’s, Oxford, and former independent adjudicato...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the council of two universities. Like others, I am...

My Lords, I agree with a great deal of what the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick, said. I am a thorou...

My Lords, I remind the Committee that I am chancellor of the biggest private for-profit universit...

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, said, which was echoed by the noble Bar...

My Lords, of course we need as much information as possible about universities so that parents an...

My Lords, I have today sent a letter setting out some further detail following Monday’s debates, ...

I am sorry to interrupt, but can the Minister tell us whether there will there be a sub-bronze le...

As I mentioned, there has been a full consultation on this. It came down to the best way forward,...

My Lords, the question is: is anybody going to fail the exam? You cannot just have first, second ...

As I have said, the consultation has led us to believe that this rating system is the best that w...

I am sorry to intervene on the Minister, but I really must challenge that. The situation, as he h...

I reiterate that the main way forward is that we want to link the issues of fees and performance....

My Lords, is there a risk with the direction the Government are taking that, in supporting the th...

I thank the noble Earl for his point. However, I think it is right that we should be bold and loo...

My Lords, I declare an interest as pro-chancellor of Lancaster University, where we support stron...

I will reflect on that. I may not have said it, but I have appreciated the contributions from all...

My Lords, several noble Lords around the Chamber—probably all of us, actually—are anxious about t...

I will reflect on what the noble Baroness has said. It may give her some comfort if I say that we...

My Lords, we do not question the fact that this is a manifesto commitment. We support the fact th...

My Lords, we all want that. I hope that in my considered response I have given my views as to how...

My Lords, my noble friend made a statement of the Government’s policy regarding overseas students...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, mentioned, as have many other noble Lords, gold, silver and...