To act as a high-level forum for discussion between university leaders and parliamentarians on issues affecting the higher education sector.
1. The best degrees for intergenerational mobility: data tables
24/11/2021 - Department for Education
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Found: University NameGroupRegionImperial College LondonMost Selective RussellLondonLondon School of Economics
2. Initial teacher training allocations: academic year 2021 to 2022
03/12/2020 - Department for Education
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Found: Birmingham City University Biology Undergraduate 18 2021/22 Birmingham City University Computing Undergraduate
3. Awards that have been extended by one year
20/11/2020 - Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
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Found: Silver 2011 3172942 Y CHES and MER LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST HARDING SIMON
4. Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
20/09/2019 - Secondary Legislation
Found: College, University of Cambridge”“Churchill College, University of Cambridge”“Clare College, University of
5. Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2019
07/05/2019 - Secondary Legislation
Found: 2004 Anglia Ruskin University
Arts University Bournemouth
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Bath Spa
1. Students’ Return to Universities
29/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: a loan for a higher technical course as for a university degree. The Government will give everyone a flexible - Speech Link
2: concerning.The situation as students return to university is desperately worrying. Across the country, - Speech Link
2. Tuition Fees
16/11/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: Committee, Session 2019–21, The impact of Covid-19 on university students, HC 527; Third Special Report of the - Speech Link
2: 302855, 306494, 324762, and 552911, relating to university tuition fees.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
3. Antisemitism: Bristol University
06/01/2022 - Commons Chamber
1: hatred being directed towards Jewish students on university campuses. What should also be alarming to colleagues - Speech Link
2: parliamentarians from seven parties have written to Bristol University. The APPG has written numerous times, and although - Speech Link
4. University Tuition Fees
25/10/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: has considered e-petition 550344, relating to university tuition fees.It is a pleasure, Ms McVey, to serve - Speech Link
2: receive them. It provides a good opportunity for university students to engage with their elected representatives - Speech Link
5. Students’ Return to Universities
01/10/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: a loan for a higher technical course as for a university degree. The Government will give everyone a flexible - Speech Link
2: are beginning a new chapter in their lives at university, together with those who are returning to carry - Speech Link
3: result of an enormous team effort throughout the university and higher education sector. We have drawn on - Speech Link
asked by: Lord Watson of Invergowrie
18/03/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to permit the Open University to offer initial teacher training courses. 2. Sheffield University
asked by: Julian Lewis
29/01/2020
... whether he plans to take steps in response to proposals by Sheffield university to pay some students to monitor and report on statements made by other students which might be regarded as micro-aggressions; what progress he has made on bringing forward proposals to safeguard free speech in colleges and universities; and if he will draw the lessons of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to the attention of college and university staff during this 70th anniversary year of the author’s death. 3. Coventry University
asked by: Lord Patten
14/01/2020
... eight pro-vice-chancellors and seven assistant pro-vice-chancellors. 4. Teesside University
asked by: Paul Williams
09/09/2019
... what discussions his Department has had with Teesside University on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement. 5. Cambridge University and Oxford University: Admissions
asked by: Neil O'Brien
04/06/2020
... how many students entered (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge universities from (i) UK independent (ii) UK state schools (iii) other and overseas (iv) in total.
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11 Current APPG Officers
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Arts and Heritage , Bullying , Climate Change , Cycling and Walking , Data Analytics , Design and Innovation , East of England , Electoral Reform , Environment , Future Generations , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences , Medical Research , Social Science and Policy , Taxis , UK Innovation Corridor , Video Games and Esports
Adult Education , Apprenticeships , Catalonia , Craft , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Funerals and Bereavement , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Independent Education , Modern Languages , Skills, Careers and Employment , T Levels , Women and Work
Bahá'í Faith , British Council , British Overseas Territories , CBD (Cannabidiol) Products , Council Housing , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Gasworks Redevelopment , HIV and AIDS , Housing Market and Housing Delivery , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Night Time Economy , Private Rented Sector , Renters and Rental Reform , Sixth Form Education , United Nations , West Papua , Western Sahara , Youth Affairs
Choice at the End of Life , Debt and Personal Finance , Electoral Reform , International Students , Kashmir , Students
Aerospace , Armed Forces Covenant , Artificial Intelligence , Data Poverty , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Frozen British Pensions , Greenland , Internet, Communications and Technology , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Photonics and Quantum , Romania , Scientific , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , Space , Technology and National Security , Veterans
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , BBC , Carbon Monoxide , Channel 4 , Cricket , East Coast Main Line , Fairtrade , Football Supporters , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Homelessness , Hospitality and Tourism , ITV , Kashmir , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Pharmacy , Rail in the North , Rowing , Rugby League , Sixth Form Education , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Trailer and Towing Safety , Transport Across the North , Ukraine , Waterways , Woods and Trees , Working at Height , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Beer , Celtic Sea , Choice at the End of Life , Cleaning and Hygiene , Côte d’Ivoire , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Fair Business Banking , Farming , Forestry and Tree Planting , France , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Geographically Protected Foods , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Marine Energy , Netherlands , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Finance , Sustainable Resource , Thalidomide , Uplands and Hill Farming , Wales in the World , Western Sahara , White Ribbon UK , Wood Panel Industry
Afghanistan , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Hindus , British Sikhs , Building Communities , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , India , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz Appreciation , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Students , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , White Ribbon UK , Working at Height , Yemen
Argentina , Australia and New Zealand , Canada , Channel Islands , Cricket , Crossrail , Death Penalty , Football , Heritage Rail , Light Rail , Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime , Museums , Norway , Rail , Smoking and Health , War Heritage
Contact Details
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Daniel Zeichner MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8462.
Email: daniel@danielzeichner.co.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Harriet Jones, Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ. Tel: 020 7419 5621
Email: appug@universitiesuk.ac.uk
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Benefits in Kind
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Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2018
£49,501
1 Jan 2018
Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2018 To : 31/12/2018
£49,501
1 Jan 2017
Universities UK
Secretariat From : 01/01/2017 To : 31/12/2017
£49,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the University APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Aaron Bell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Alyn Smith
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Stirling
Joined: 1st July 2020Departed: 21st April 2021
Baroness Maddock
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Deceased - 26 June 2020
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 20th May 2020
Vicky Ford
Co-Chair
Conservative - Chelmsford
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 24th February 2020
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Harrow East
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bahá'í Faith , Bangladesh , Beer , British Hindus , British Jews , Building Communities , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Fire Safety and Rescue , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Indo-Pacific , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Renters and Rental Reform , Romania , Sixth Form Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 31st July 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Building Communities , Charities and Volunteering , Drones and Modern Conflict , Extraordinary Rendition , Penal Affairs
Rupa Huq
Vice Chair
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 19th June 2019
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bangladesh , CBD (Cannabidiol) Products , Creative Diversity , Crossrail , Gasworks Redevelopment , General Aviation , London , London as a Global City , London's Planning and Built Environment , Music , Poland , Single Parent Families , Social Integration , Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
Nic Dakin
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Scunthorpe
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 18th July 2018