PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
US FEDERAL FUNDING FOR STUDENTS AT UK CONSERVATOIRES (13 November 2012)

Motion Details

That this House very much regrets the changes to US federal aid to overseas students which has had a profound effect on conservatoires in the UK, reducing both the opportunities for US students to study in the UK and the income of the institutions affected; understands that the requirement for foreign institutions to have their own degree awarding powers was intended to exclude bogus institutions; notes its effect is to exclude some of the UK's world-class institutions, such as Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts; further notes the comment made by the Minister for Higher Education earlier this year that `America loses out if some of our excellent universities and colleges become inaccessible for gifted American students and other students miss out from the enrichment provided by their American peers'; and calls on Martha Kanter, Under-Secretary at the US Department of Education to review urgently the policy.

Sponsored by:
Dame Joan Ruddock (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
5
38%
 
 
Independent
4
31%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
15%
 
 
Conservative
1
8%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
8%
 
Sponsor List (13 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
WPB
George Galloway
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Lucy Powell
Manchester Central
Lab
Lindsay Roy
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock (Sponsor)
LD
Viscount Thurso
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
LD
Mr David Ward

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