Labour to table Lords amendment on private colleges

As part of a campaign to tighten regulation on alternative providers to create a ¡°level playing field¡± with universities, Labour says it wants to ensure students at private colleges are able to access 바카라사이트 Office of 바카라사이트 Independent Adjudicator.

To achieve this, Labour peers will put forward amendments to 바카라사이트 Consumer Rights Bill when it comes before 바카라사이트 House of Lords in 바카라사이트 autumn.

The move aims to correct an anomaly whereby public universities are required to sign up to 바카라사이트 OIA under 바카라사이트 Higher Education Act 2004, but private colleges are not subject to 바카라사이트 same rules.

The National Union of Students and 바카라사이트 OIA¡¯s chief executive Rob Behrens have repeatedly called for changes to ensure students at private colleges receive 바카라사이트 same protection as those at public universities via this recourse to 바카라사이트 independent ombudsman.

¡°It¡¯s time to create a level playing field for universities ¨C starting with equal rights for students in 바카라사이트 public and private system,¡± said shadow universities minister Liam Byrne, who has proposed 바카라사이트 changes.

Mr Byrne said tougher regulation was needed because 바카라사이트 amount of publicly funded loans going to students at private colleges had soared in recent year and was set to hit almost ?1 billion in 바카라사이트 coming year.

¡°Today we¡¯re signalling that 바카라사이트 free market free-for-all has gone too far,¡± said Mr Byrne.

He also condemned 바카라사이트 government¡¯s decision to ¡°deliberately set out to create a dog-eat-dog university system in Britain backed with spiralling debts, much of which will never be paid¡±.

The announcement coincided with 바카라사이트 first major higher education speech by Greg Clark since he took over as 바카라사이트 minister for universities, science and cities in July.

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