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EnactedRoyal Assentc. 29

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

This bill became lawView the statute on acthub →c. 29 · 27 Apr 2017

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Amendments 51

Committee stage — Lords 20

NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “all”

Moved: Baroness Garden of FrognalSponsor: Lord Storey#4695
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “students,” insert “irrespective of whether they are studying full-time, part-time, at a distance, in the workplace, or using any combination of these methods, ”

Moved: Baroness Garden of FrognalSponsor: Lord Storey, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich#4696
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

after “have” insert “equal”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#4761
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to promote collaboration between English higher education providers where it is in the public interest and the best interest of students and employers,

Moved: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#4762
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “education” insert “only”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#4763
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “is” insert “shown to be”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#4764
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “interests of students and employers” and insert “public interest”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#4765
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “including access to part-time study and lifelong learning”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#4766
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to maintain confidence in the higher education sector, and in the awards which they collectively grant, among students, employers, and the wider public,”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#4767
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to promote the provision of higher education which meets the vocational and professional needs of students,”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Lord Lucas, Baroness Garden of Frognal#4768
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to determine and promote the interests of students by consulting and working with student representatives,”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#4770
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to promote collaboration and innovation between English higher education providers, where this is in the best interest of students,”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Lord Lucas, Baroness Garden of Frognal#4771
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “greater”

Moved: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich#4922
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “competition” insert “and promote collaboration”

Moved: Baroness Wolf of DulwichSponsor: Baroness Brown of Cambridge#4944
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

after “competition” insert “or collaboration”

Moved: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich#4945
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “and employers” and insert “, employers and society”

Moved: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich#4946
AgreedClause 1AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “UK universities: functions

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Baroness Brown of Cambridge#5033
WithdrawnClause 1AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “UK universities: establishment

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#5034
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “Office for Students” and insert “Office for Higher Education”

Moved: Lord Lipsey#5246
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to consider whether or to what extent the system of higher education as a whole is serving the public interest,”

Moved: Lord Lucas#5251

Report stage — Lords 20

NotMovedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to ensure that all English higher education providers have the same duties to make reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities,”

Moved: Baroness O'Neill of BengarveSponsor: Lord Addington#6033
WithdrawnClause 14EditBillBody

at end insert— a condition relating to the systems and processes the provider has in place to ensure appropriate standards are applied to the higher education it provides;”

Moved: Baroness Brown of CambridgeSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#6180
WithdrawnClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “Office for Students” and insert “Office for Higher Education Standards”

Moved: Lord LipseySponsor: Lord Burns, Baroness Garden of Frognal#6188
NotMovedClause 9EditBillBody

at end insert— a condition that requires the governing body of the provider to collaborate with the OfS and with other providers in supporting the promotion of English education abroad, in particular by facilitating communication between the OfS and current and former students of the provider.”

Moved: Lord Lucas#6203
NotMovedClause 9EditBillBody

at end insert— Before the OfS requires a provider to collaborate under subsection 1(d), it must consult with that provider, and the OfS must defray the reasonable costs (as determined by the OfS) to the provider of complying with that request.”

Moved: Lord Lucas#6204
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert— such other matters as the Secretary of State may, after such consultation as he considers reasonable, by order require.”

Moved: Lord Lucas#6205
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert— A provider must ensure that the information published under this section is made available to persons who may be considering undertaking its higher education courses in such manner and at such times as the OfS may after consultation require.”

Moved: Lord Lucas#6206
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— the need to protect the institutional autonomy of English higher education providers,”

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Viscount Younger of Leckie, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Baroness Garden of Frognal#6314
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

leave out from “protect” to end of line 34 and insert “the institutional autonomy of English higher education providers.”

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Viscount Younger of Leckie, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Baroness Garden of Frognal#6315
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— In this Part, “the institutional autonomy of English higher education providers” means—

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Viscount Younger of Leckie, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Baroness Garden of Frognal#6316
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert “while also having regard to the benefits for students and employers resulting from collaboration between such providers,”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6327
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— The reference in subsection (1)(a) to choice in the provision of higher education by English higher education providers includes choice amongst a diverse range of—

Moved: Viscount Younger of LeckieSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#6328
AgreedClause 3EditBillBody

after “but” insert “, whether or not the guidance is framed in that way,”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6329
AgreedClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert— the number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with the provider.”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6330
NotMovedClause 3EditBillBody

at end insert— emerging needs for new providers and take appropriate steps to encourage the meeting of those needs,”

Moved: Lord Mackay of Clashfern#6466
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— the protected characteristics of the individuals to which they relate;”

Moved: Lord Wallace of Tankerness#6471
NotMovedClause 14EditBillBody

at end insert— a condition relating to the provision by the provider, to each student for use by the student and all those authorised by the student, of the record of the academic attainment or credit which that student has obtained at the end of each year of their study with that provider;”

Moved: Lord Willis of KnaresboroughSponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#6472
NotMovedClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert— “Protected characteristics” means those characteristics listed in section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010.”

Moved: Lord Wallace of Tankerness#6475
NotMovedClause 14EditBillBody

at end insert— a requirement that every provider, apart from the Open University and other distance learning institutions—

Moved: Lord StoreySponsor: Baroness Garden of Frognal#6521
AgreedClause 11AddClauseOrSchedule

Insert the following new Clause— “Regulated course fees etc: use in relation to section 26

Moved: Lord KerslakeSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Baroness Garden of Frognal#6628

3rd reading — Lords 11

AgreedClause 39EditBillBody

leave out “and the extent to which those arrangements” and insert “, must monitor the extent to which the arrangements monitored under paragraph (a)”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6776
AgreedClause 39EditBillBody

leave out “paragraph (a)” and insert “paragraphs (a) and (aa)”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6777
AgreedClause 58EditBillBody

leave out “it” and insert “the OfS”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6778
AgreedClause 78EditBillBody

leave out “or” and insert “and”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6779
AgreedClause 83EditBillBody

at end insert— section 11(9) (mandatory fee limit condition for certain providers),”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6780
AgreedClause 83EditBillBody

at end insert— section 33(5)(b) (content of an access and participation plan: equality of opportunity), and”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6781
AgreedClause 119EditBillBody

at end insert— Where the OfS has a consultation function involving registered higher education providers, references to registered higher education providers in the provisions describing the consultees are to be read as references to English higher education providers—

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6782
AgreedSchedule 4EditBillBody

leave out “Part 1 of”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6783
AgreedSchedule 6EditBillBody

leave out “Part 1 of”

Moved: Viscount Younger of Leckie#6784
WithdrawnSchedule 5EditBillBody

at end insert “and that all the requirements for the grant specified in this Schedule are met,”

Moved: Lord Mackay of Clashfern#6812
WithdrawnClause 10EditBillBody

at end insert— their age.”

Moved: Lord Wallace of Tankerness#6821