Motion
- Motion title
- Women and the Browne Review
- Session
- 2010-2011
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 28 May 2011
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE26
- Motion text
The attacks on the state provision on post-16 education is aided and abetted by the Browne Review in that the individual will have to bear the bulk of the cost of higher education. This will impact upon women students and staff in many ways:
it will do nothing to close the gender pay gap of 15% for newly employed graduates
women will take longer to pay back the fees
loans will accrue interest, which will mean women pay back more
removal of the block grant – impacting on Arts and Social Science courses, which more women study and more women teach
lack of impact assessment.
Conference expects that any government should progress education for all – for an equal and fair society and calls on HEC to ensure that the impact on women is raised alongside other concerns on the Browne Review.
- Proposing body
- Women members' standing committee (WMSC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2011/H/05-28/071/HE26