Support for University Students: Covid-19 Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Support for University Students: Covid-19

Layla Moran Excerpts
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

(3 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michelle Donelan Portrait Michelle Donelan
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The money that we have allocated will go to the Office for Students and then be allocated to universities, which we believe are best placed to make those decisions. Students should go to their university to raise concerns regarding hardship. The money provided is designed to put funds into the pockets of those who most need it now, as a direct result of the pandemic.

Layla Moran Portrait Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD) [V]
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Students are understandably incredibly anxious about how the courses they are taking will be taught and assessed and how the pandemic will have a detrimental impact not just on their academic results but, if —[Inaudible.] have taught us anything, potentially for decades to come. Will the Government establish a covid student learning remediation fund to allow lost learning to be addressed through the provision of educational opportunities not currently available during the pandemic?

Michelle Donelan Portrait Michelle Donelan
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I am actively working with the higher education sector, and at a weekly taskforce meeting we discuss these very topics—how we can catch up and ensure that all students are able to graduate on time, at a world-class level, and go on to the next stage in their lives.