To provide a forum for all parliamentarians to develop greater understanding of the range of issues affecting students in further and higher education. To ensure that student views and experiences are heard in Parliament, facilitate interaction between students and MPs and Peers, and ensure education policy takes account of student views.
1. 16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium
21/01/2021 - Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
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Found: funding
twice in one year).
1.
Increase in students studying maths
Baseline
Current
Year
2. Standardisation of grades in general qualifications in summer 2020: outliers
18/12/2020 - Ofqual
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Found:
Identifying students for whom the standardisation
model would be unreliable
3. Higher education grants and loans 2020 to 2021: equality analysis
24/01/2020 - Department for Education
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Found: living costs for new full
-time students and continuing full
-time students starting their courses on or
4. Support for students with mental health issues in higher education in England
21/08/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: PAPER Number 8593, 21 August 2019 Support for students with mental health issues in higher education
5. Student Support for Higher Education in England 2020
26/11/2020 - Student Loans Company (SLC)
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Found: living costs for new and continuing full time students
who started their c
ourses on or after 1 August
1. Support for University Students: Covid-19
03/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: (Paul Blomfield) is an assiduous campaigner for students and has spoken to me many times on the topic. - Speech Link
2. University Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and Rent
15/04/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: university students and his Department’s plans to provide financial compensation to university students for - Speech Link
2: just how difficult the past year has been for students. Since the arrival of new and highly transmissible - Speech Link
3. Tuition Fees
16/11/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: 2019–21, The impact of Covid-19 on university students, HC 527; Third Special Report of the Petitions - Speech Link
2: universities to reimburse students’ tuition fees during strike action”, to “Reimburse all students of this year’s - Speech Link
4. Support for University Students: Covid-19
08/02/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: (Paul Blomfield) is an assiduous campaigner for students and has spoken to me many times on the topic. - Speech Link
2: to prevent students from getting into hardship. We have worked with the Office for Students to allow flexibility - Speech Link
3: flexibility in how they distribute the funding to their students in a way that is best prioritised to meet the - Speech Link
5. Students’ Return to Universities
29/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: like to make a statement regarding the return of students to universities. Throughout this pandemic, our - Speech Link
asked by: Lord Blencathra
01/08/2019
... what it is. 2. Students: Coronavirus
asked by: Alyn Smith
02/06/2020
... what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for students during the covid-19 outbreak over summer 2020 . 3. Students: Housing
asked by: Hilary Benn
02/06/2020
... what guidance he has issued to students on securing accommodation in advance of the start of the autumn 2020 university term. 4. Students: Coronavirus
asked by: Daniel Zeichner
14/05/2020
... whether a year 13 student who is (a) employed or (b) volunteering full-time during the covid-19 oubreak is classified as (i) a mid-year leaver or (ii) still on-roll. 5. Students: Coronavirus
asked by: Alex Cunningham
18/05/2020
... what steps his Department is taking to ensure that students are able to retrieve their possessions from university accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak.
6 Current APPG Officers
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Choice at the End of Life , Debt and Personal Finance , International Students , Kashmir , University
Beer , Colombia , Darts , Football Supporters , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Occupational Safety and Health , Showing Racism the Red Card
Acquired Brain Injury , Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fairtrade , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Nature , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sixth Form Education , Southern Rail , State Pension Inequality for Women , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , British Sikhs , Building Communities , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Fairs and Showgrounds , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , India , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz Appreciation , Limits to Growth , Loneliness , Maternity , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation , Swimming , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , University , Votes at 16 , Women's Health , Working at Height , Yemen
Artificial Intelligence , Education Technology , Fourth Industrial Revolution , International Students , Longevity
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Paul Blomfield MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7142.
Email: paul.blomfield.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Taidgh Pledger, National Union of Students, NUS Services Ltd, Ian King House, Snape Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2NS . Tel: 07858 518 535
Email: info@appg-students.org.uk
Secretariat:
National Union of Students acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.nus.org.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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National Union of Students
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
£4,501
11 Jul 2018
National Union of Students
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£4,501
11 Jul 2017
National Union of Students
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£4,501
11 Jul 2016
National Union of Students
Secretariat From : 11/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
£4,501
1 Jan 2015
National Union of Students
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Students APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Nicky Morgan
Vice-Chair
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Commercial Radio , Dark Skies , Hajj and Umrah , Malawi , Mental Health , Morocco , Norway , Rugby League , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Veterans , Zoos and Aquariums
Ben Howlett
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bath
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Retired on 31 July 2016
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st July 2016