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Security: Postgraduate Education

Commons · Question 30963 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the report by Freedom from Torture entitled No Questions Asked: UK universities provide postgraduate security

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 26 Feb 2025

Universities are independent from government and manage their own admissions decisions. However, the department expects the higher education sector to be responsible and alert to regulatory risks when collaborating with international partners, conducting ...