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Written Question
Sheffield University: Scholarships
Friday 13th July 2018

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will request information from the Vice Chancellor of Sheffield University on the number of scholarships in the Sheffield University Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme that have been awarded to applicants from Northern Ireland in the latest academic year; and if he make a statement.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

As autonomous institutions that are independent from government, it is for individual higher education providers to determine the scholarship arrangements they wish to offer for students on taught postgraduate courses. Therefore, it would be inappropriate for the department to make such a request of a particular provider.

The government has taken steps to support people who want to study at this level by introducing a postgraduate master’s loan, and the work of the review of post-18 education and funding will look at how we support people to study at different times in their lives.


Written Question
Voting Rights: Females
Tuesday 21st March 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria bidders will be required to meet to secure funding from the fund announced in the Spring Budget 2017 to mark the centenary of women's suffrage; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

The Government has set up a £5m fund to help celebrate this important occasion. Funding will be available for projects in England, and details including application criteria will be announced in due course. The Barnett formula has been applied to this funding in the usual way and it is for the devolved administrations to decide whether, and how, they choose to mark the centenary.


Written Question
Voting Rights: Females
Tuesday 21st March 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fund announced in the Spring Budget 2017 to mark the centenary of women's suffrage will be open for applications from Northern Ireland bidders; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

The Government has set up a £5m fund to help celebrate this important occasion. Funding will be available for projects in England, and details including application criteria will be announced in due course. The Barnett formula has been applied to this funding in the usual way and it is for the devolved administrations to decide whether, and how, they choose to mark the centenary.