Lords to focus on Offa issue
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The monitoring of efforts by universities to recruit more students from working-class backgrounds by the government's proposed access regulator, the Office for Fair Access (Offa), is set to be the key issue for debate when the Labour Party's higher education bill comes before the House of Lords. Government sources have predicted that the Lords will be harder on Offa and easier on variable tuition fees, the issue that had concerned many within the House of Commons.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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50% target a shadow of original idea
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The Labour Government watered down its initial plans for the expansion of student numbers as a result of concerns about the cost of the plans, fears that elite universities could go private if grants were squeezed and accusations of dumbing down. Under the initial plans, the Government wanted a target of 50% participation in higher education by 2006-2007, a date that was later moved back to 2010-2011.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2005
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