Select Committee Inquiry - Students and Universities (UK)
From: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills
Committee
Date announced: 30 October 2008
Evidence due: 11 December 2008
Semta evidence submitted: 11 December 2008
Summary
The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee is
holding an inquiry into students and universities. This will
include admissions, the balance between teaching and research,
degree completion and classification and mechanisms of student
support and engagement. The Committee invites evidence on the
following issues:
Admissions: The process of admissions
(including A levels, apprenticeships and Diplomas) and widening
participation strategies.
The balance between teaching and research:
Funding for teaching and research, methods of assessing excellence,
and assuring quality of teaching.
Degree classification: Plagarism, the
appropriateness of degree classifications and maintaining
confidence in degree standards.
Student support and engagement: Strategies to
reduce non-completion and student support packages.
Next steps
Semta submitted evidence based on its Sector Skills
Agreements and ongoing Higher Education strategy.
Documents and Links
Evidence from Semta and employer bodies, heard on 29
April 2009
Semta
submission
IUSS Committee press notice on the
inquiry
Evidence from student representative bodies
and students, heard on 9 Feb 2009
Evidence from university representative bodies heard on 28
Jan 2009
Semta represents the view of our employers across government and
the media. If you are an employer in the science,
engineering, or manufacturing technology sectors, we welcome your
views at policy@semta.org.uk
20 July 2009