Higher Education Funding

Mary Macleod Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con)]

I welcome the progressive and fair announcements that my right hon. Friend has made. How can we ensure that we still get enough science, engineering and technology graduates, and how will this measure help?

[Mr Willetts]

This relates to the mechanisms whereby the teaching grant is allocated. For the more expensive, lab-based courses, there will of course continue to be teaching grant to recognise the extra costs involved in delivering those courses. We believe that that will maintain a continuing level playing field for STEM—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—subjects.