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Parliamentary Debates House of Commons Official Report PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT Second Delegated Legislation Committee DRAFT HIGHER EDUCATION (FEE LIMITS FOR ACCELERATED COURSES) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2018 Monday 14 January 2019 No proofs can be supplied. Corrections that Members suggest for the final version of the report should be clearly marked in a copy of the report—not telephoned—and must be received in the Editor’s Room, House of Commons, not later than Friday 18 January 2019 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2019 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 1 Second Delegated 14 JANUARY 2019 Legislation Committee 2 The Committee consisted of the following Members: Chair: MR LAURENCE ROBERTSON † Abrahams, Debbie (Oldham East and Saddleworth) † Moore, Damien (Southport) (Con) (Lab) † Phillips, Jess (Birmingham, Yardley) (Lab) † Badenoch, Mrs Kemi (Saffron Walden) (Con) † Robinson, Mary (Cheadle) (Con) Betts, Mr Clive (Sheffield South East) (Lab) † Seely, Mr Bob (Isle of Wight) (Con) † Brereton, Jack (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con) † Skidmore, Chris (Minister for Universities, Science, † Fletcher, Colleen (Coventry North East) (Lab) Research and Innovation) † Jones, Mr Marcus (Nuneaton) (Con) † Thomas, Gareth (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op) † Loughton, Tim (East Worthing and Shoreham) † Turley, Anna (Redcar) (Lab/Co-op) (Con) † McCarthy, Kerry (Bristol East) (Lab) Laura-Jane Tiley, Committee Clerk † Marsden, Gordon (Blackpool South) (Lab) † Milling, Amanda (Cannock Chase) (Con) † attended the Committee 3 Second Delegated HOUSE OF COMMONS Legislation Committee 4 degree courses for more than a decade, with a high Second Delegated Legislation proportion of mature and commuter students among Committee its cohorts. I have only been Universities Minister for about a month, but I have visited two institutions that celebrate Monday 14 January 2019 their accelerated degree course provision. It was fascinating to discuss with students at St Mary’s University in Twickenham the theatre-production technical course that they were taking. It used to be offered as a three-year [MR LAURENCE ROBERTSON in the Chair] degree, but it has now become a two-year degree, because many students were simply finding work after two years Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits for and not completing their three-year course. As a result, Accelerated Courses) (England) St Mary’sdecided to institute a two-year degree programme to help students not only to enter work but to achieve Regulations 2018 their qualification. This morning, I visited Middlesex University London, 4.30 pm where I had another fantastic discussion with students. The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and They were on the business administration two-year Innovation (Chris Skidmore): I beg to move, accelerated degree course. All the students mentioned that, while such courses were not for everyone, they That the Committee has considered the draft Higher Education meant something not only to those people who wanted (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018. to get on in life, ensuring that that they would enter the It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, world of work earlier, but perhaps to students who Mr Robertson. started a foundation course and wanted to go on to The draft regulations were laid before Parliament on further study with a shorter time limit. 29 November 2018. They should be read alongside the I can see the benefits of such courses being offered at wider fee limits regulations which set tuition fee limits universities around the country. The problem is that the to apply to all standard or non-accelerated degree courses existing limits on the annual fees that public universities from August 2019 and were approved by Parliament can charge have made it hard for most public providers last summer. to offer accelerated degrees. The tuition fee cap applies The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 provided to all public universities on an annual rather than a that regulations may be made to set different fee limits per-course basis. That reflects the length of the total specifically for accelerated courses. The draft regulations period of study, but not the substantive volume or cost set out various fee limits in respect of accelerated degree of teaching delivered in each study year. courses starting from August 2019. The limits cover Condensing three years’ teaching into two, by reducing both full-time study years and permutations matching the number of weeks of vacation downtime throughout those of standard degrees, for example where a student the course, has generally not been seen as financially takes an accelerated course that incorporates a sandwich justifiable under the existing arrangements.Public providers year. All accelerated degree annual fee caps at public of accelerated degrees, however, attest to the wider providers of degrees are set as a multiple of 1.2 times benefits that make accelerated provision worth while, the annual standard degree equivalents. which include highly motivated undergraduates; a more An accelerated degree is the equivalent of a standard intense and engaged teaching experience; and the incentive degree in every sense but one: it is completed one year to shake up established teaching and working practices sooner than the same degree studied at the widely and to innovate in tuition delivery. established pace of three years of 30 weeks’ study and For students to complete their degree one year sooner 22 weeks’ vacation each year. By studying for more than a standard degree means that they accelerate their weeks each year—about 45 weeks for the year—and graduation and have one year less of living costs, crucially, taking shorter breaks between terms, accelerated students alongside lower total tuition fees. can complete exactly the same teaching content of, for example, that typical three-year degree, but graduate in two years. Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op): The Accelerated degrees are not new. About 20 public Minister said that St Mary’s University in Twickenham universities and 11 private providers already offer accelerated already offered accelerated degrees, but he then said degree courses, although the range of subjects and the that the financial circumstances of other universities number of providers of accelerated degrees have remained meant that they were not willing to provide accelerated small in the context of all undergraduate enrolments. degrees. Why does he think financially St Mary’s can We estimate that fewer than 1,000 students are enrolled offer two-year accelerated degrees, but other universities on accelerated degree courses at public universities, cannot? with about a further 3,000 studying with private university providers. Chris Skidmore: That is a good point. As I have said, Good examples of providers successfully offering Buckingham has had accelerated degrees for 40 years, accelerated degree courses include the University of and I have a list of publicly funded HEs that I could Buckingham, which has delivered two-year degree courses share with the Committee, but uptake has been limited for about 40 years. Its students regularly give excellent due to the restriction on the ability financially to provide feedback on the quality of teaching and on their study those courses—the difference between an £18,000-a-year experiences.Staffordshire University has offered accelerated degree course and a £27,000-a-year one. St Mary’s in 5 Second Delegated 14 JANUARY 2019 Legislation Committee 6 Twickenham has a course that runs for two years, but The UK is widely envied for the quality and vigour of for a very limited number of students; it is not able to its higher education system. Our universities regularly expand that course. Having talked to providers who rank among the best in the world. Their doors are open currently run two-year courses, we have learned that to anyone with the potential to succeed, including more they, too, have a limited ability to extend the programme disadvantaged students than ever before. to meet current and possible future demand. That is why this provision is in the regulations that have been Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) introduced on the Floor the House, to make sure that (Lab): Would the Minister explain how the quality and we can benefit not only institutions that are yet to take academic rigour of these courses will be evaluated? Has up accelerated degrees, but institutions that may want there been an opportunity for pilot programmes? I to create new courses with accelerated programmes. I know some concern has been expressed in various sectors stress again that accelerated programmes are not a about that. silver bullet; we are not assuming that every student will take up a two-year degree instead of a three-year or four-year course. However, they provide flexibility and Chris Skidmore: To take the hon. Lady’s point about innovation, and crucially allow for the greater student quality and rigour, we would never want an accelerated choice that I hope the regulations will provide. degree course to be seen as a poor man’s degree— as somehow less rigorous and less beneficial. The standards As a result of students being able to take an accelerated that need to be maintained for those degrees must degree over two years, they will start full-time work one absolutely be the same as for full-time degrees. If we year sooner than their peers; they will potentially benefit look at some of the institutions that have been offering from an average annual salary of £19,000 straight away. accelerated degrees for a long time, they stand by their Customer surveys conducted by the Student Loans commitment that the teaching time and teaching intensity Company in summer 2018 show that both accelerated of those courses should remain exactly the same. Instead and standard degree students regard the year of time of about 30 weeks of study there are 45, and the saved as the most valuable benefit of accelerated degree number of tutors is the same.
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