Higher Education Reform Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Higher Education Reform

Julian Lewis Excerpts
Monday 17th July 2023

(9 months, 4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gillian Keegan Portrait Gillian Keegan
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Absolutely not. I have been working on this policy with many former Ministers, even since I was the Apprenticeships and Skills Minister. We have been working on this for a long time to make sure we get it right. When a working-class kid who will come out with £50,000 of debt puts their trust in an institution, they have to put their trust in the system and it is vital that the system delivers for them. If they have £50,000 of debt and no better job prospects, that is not a system delivering for them.

Julian Lewis Portrait Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
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Would it not benefit university courses’ quality more if university administrators were paid a lot less and university lecturers were paid rather more?