The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right.

I made it clear in my opening remarks that the Government do not intend to bail out any independent, autonomous institutions, which is wh

I recently had a meeting with the Higher Education Commission, led by an all-party group in Parliament.

I entirely agree.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right.

I will respond to several of those points, but I do not think it is appropriate for the Government or the OfS to comment on the position

I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman on the value of research and development in the HE sector.

The Office for Students is currently undergoing a registration process for all HE institutions, including FE providers.

Universities receive significant amounts of public funding, so it is right that their senior staff pay arrangements both command public c

I welcome the measures we are putting in place to increase course innovation and flexibility within the HE sector.