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Office for Students

Proceeding contribution from Paul Blomfield (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 April 2023. It occurred during Debate on Office for Students.

My hon. Friend is making a fine speech. I apologise for missing the beginning, because the debate started surprisingly early. She made a really important point about the QAA. Does she not agree that it is rather extraordinary that the QAA is no longer providing that role on the basis that it wanted to provide student voice, significantly? The gold standard she described requires the presence of student voice within the regulatory framework. Does that not go to the heart of the problem with the OfS at the moment? I recall, in a Public Bill Committee, discussing with the Minister at the time the fact that the OfS was set up with too small a student voice. That voice has become consistently more marginalised through its life.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c507WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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