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Debate between James Grundy and Michelle Donelan
Monday 4th July 2022

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Grundy Portrait James Grundy (Leigh) (Con)
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14. What progress he has made on improving the quality of higher education courses.

Michelle Donelan Portrait The Minister for Higher and Further Education (Michelle Donelan)
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For the first time, universities will be subject to stringent minimum thresholds for student outcomes on completion rates and graduate jobs. Boots-on-the-ground inspections have begun, and through our transparency drive to give students all the information that they need and a focus on participation and outcomes, we are driving out the pockets of poor quality in our world-leading higher education sector.

James Grundy Portrait James Grundy
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Would my right hon. Friend congratulate Leigh College in my constituency on becoming a campus of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, offering the opportunity to study degree-equivalent STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—courses to local students and bringing £13 million in educational investment to the local borough?

Michelle Donelan Portrait Michelle Donelan
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I know how hard my hon. Friend has campaigned for that investment. The Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, once open, will play a critical role in filling the local skills gaps in key sectors such as construction, digital and advanced manufacturing, as well as in getting local people high-paid local jobs.