Willetts ends ELQ rule for part-time engineering and tech degrees

Fee loans will be offered to students studying engineering and technology part time as second degrees in a bid to attract more women to 바카라사이트 subjects.

九月 30, 2013

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David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, made 바카라사이트 announcement in a speech at 바카라사이트 Conservative Party conference in Manchester, where he also unveiled ?200 million of funding for science and engineering teaching facilities.

Using 바카라사이트 “global race” rhetoric that is a feature of Prime Minister David Cameron’s speeches, Mr Willetts argued that UK science and engineering was key to making 바카라사이트 nation competitive.

He argued that 바카라사이트 UK could live up to 바카라사이트 science challenges set by 바카라사이트 particle physicist and TV presenter Brian Cox.

“Our aim is for Britain to be 바카라사이트 best place in 바카라사이트 world to do science,” Mr Willetts said. “That is 바카라사이트 challenge Brian Cox has set, and Brian we are up for that.

“But to achieve that we must invest long term and get 바카라사이트 next generation doing science and engineering.”

Mr Willetts added that 바카라사이트 two announcements were designed to boost 바카라사이트 number of women taking such subjects.

“We support 바카라사이트 ambition of doubling 바카라사이트 proportion of engineering degrees taken by women,” he said.

“We will extend fee loans to part-time students of engineering, technology and computer science who already have a degree in a different discipline,” Mr Willetts said.

Such a move will reverse, in that limited area, 바카라사이트 last Labour government’s rules preventing students from accessing funding for second degrees (known as equivalent or lower qualifications, or ELQs).

“And we will invest ?200 million in new teaching facilities for science and engineering in our universities,” Mr Willetts continued.

“Universities will have to match it with private money. So that makes ?400 million of investment so that students can be taught on 바카라사이트 latest equipment and ready for 바카라사이트 world of work. That is our commitment to working with universities and businesses to help win 바카라사이트 global race.”

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills estimates that relaxing 바카라사이트 ELQ rule for part-time degrees in engineering, technology and computer science will lead to ?5 million in extra fee loans being taken out by students in 2015-16.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com

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