Angela Smith
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ONS Decisions: Student Loans
Angela Smith Excerpts(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
The Welsh Government have the autonomy to pursue their own higher education policy.
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab)
The ONS decision will of course play into the Augar review and the future funding of students in higher education, but I do get sick and tired, every time we discuss this, of hearing the words “young people”. Students are not just young people who are studying full-time and aged 18 to 21. Part-time students have always paid their way and they have very little access to support, while the Open University is suffering really badly because of the current system. May we please have a commitment to ensure that the Augar review and the future funding of students takes care of part-time students and puts them on a level playing field?
Elizabeth Truss
That is certainly one of the aspects the review is looking at.