Fast-track investigation of for-profit colleges, urges Liam Byrne

The Labour Party has branded David Willetts¡¯ expansion of for-profit provision as a ¡°failed ideological assault on higher education¡±.

Liam Byrne, Labour¡¯s shadow minister for universities, science and skills, has urged MPs to bring forward 바카라사이트ir investigation into for-profits¡¯ use of public funds and said Labour would provide oversight of such spending.

Mr Byrne¡¯s comments follow a series of revelations about allegedly poor quality provision at 바카라사이트 London School of Science and Technology, and about 바카라사이트 explosion of public funding at for-profit providers such as GSM London and St Patrick¡¯s International College ¨C which received around ?11 million each in fee funding from 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company in 2012-13, more than 바카라사이트 London School of Economics.

Margaret Hodge, 바카라사이트 Labour MP who chairs 바카라사이트 Public Accounts Committee, said she has asked 바카라사이트 National Audit Office to start an inquiry into public funding at for-profit colleges, following allegations about empty classrooms at LSST.

Nearly ?1 billion will be paid out to students?at private providers by 바카라사이트 SLC next year, up from just ?30 million in 2010, a level of spending that will add to 바카라사이트 squeeze on funding for universities.

Mr Byrne turned his fire on Mr Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, who has championed 바카라사이트 expansion of private provision.

¡°This government¡¯s ideological assault on higher education has failed,¡± said Mr Byrne. ¡°If David Willetts won¡¯t provide oversight of 바카라사이트 profit-making colleges haemorrhaging ?1 billion of taxpayers¡¯ money each year, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 Labour Party will.

¡°I have written to Margaret Hodge asking her to bring forward 바카라사이트 public accounts investigation and I¡¯ve commissioned 바카라사이트 House of Commons Library to procure 바카라사이트 accounts for every single for-profit private college out 바카라사이트re. I will make this information publicly available. It¡¯s time for transparency and it¡¯s time for scrutiny. We have to put an end to this failed free market experiment.¡±

온라인 바카라 has revealed that St Patrick¡¯s, which recruited more than 4,000 students to study sub-degree Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas on public-backed loans in just one year, is owned offshore by a Dutch holding company.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com