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2004-05
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Closure Of University Departments
Nick Harvey
2004-12-01
That this House deplores recent announcements by leading universities that they are to close, or freeze recruitment to, some departments because of funding problems; notes that the universities of Durham, Swansea, Cambridge, King's College London, Queen Mary and Westfield College London, Reading and Exeter are each considering at least one major department closure; regrets that departments awarded a Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 4 star rating receive less than half the funding that 5 star rated departments receive; notes that some Exeter University students part way through their degrees will have to complete their studies at other universities or suffer a reduced standard of teaching as departments are winding up; calls on the Government urgently to review the RAE star rating system and its impact on funding; and urges the Government to take practical steps to ensure that students whose departments are closed part way through their degree course do not suffer.
Nick Harvey
2004-12-01
Proposed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Anne Campbell
2004-12-01
Signed
Cambridge
Labour
Richard Younger-Ross
2004-12-01
Signed
Teignbridge
Liberal Democrat
Andrew George
2004-12-01
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Jane Griffiths
2004-12-01
Signed
Reading East
Labour
David Drew
2004-12-02
Signed
Stroud
Labour Co-operative
Paul Tyler
2004-12-02
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Harry Barnes
2004-12-02
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2004-12-02
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Tony Colman
2004-12-02
Signed
Putney
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2004-12-02
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
Simon Hughes
2004-12-02
Signed
North Southwark & Bermondsey
Liberal Democrat
Paul Holmes
2004-12-02
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
Martin Smyth
2004-12-02
Signed
Belfast South
UUP
Rob Marris
2004-12-06
Signed
Wolverhampton South West
Labour
Rudi Vis
2004-12-06
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour
Teddy Taylor
2004-12-06
Signed
Rochford & Southend East
Conservative
Mike Hancock
2004-12-06
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Patsy Calton
2004-12-06
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
Annette Brooke
2004-12-06
Signed
Mid Dorset & North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Austin Mitchell
2004-12-06
Signed
Great Grimsby
Labour
John McDonnell
2004-12-06
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour
Bob Spink
2004-12-06
Signed
Castle Point
Conservative
Adrian Sanders
2004-12-06
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Adam Price
2004-12-06
Signed
Carmarthen East & Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
John Pugh
2004-12-07
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Terry Lewis
2004-12-07
Signed
Worsley
Labour
David Chidgey
2004-12-07
Signed
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrat
Jenny Tonge
2004-12-07
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Roger Williams
2004-12-08
Signed
Brecon & Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
Nigel Jones
2004-12-08
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Lynne Jones
2004-12-08
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Martin Salter
2004-12-09
Signed
Reading West
Labour
Kevin McNamara
2004-12-09
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Vincent Cable
2004-12-13
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Janet Dean
2004-12-13
Signed
Burton
Labour
Parmjit Gill
2004-12-13
Signed
Leicester South
Liberal Democrat
Keith Bradley
2004-12-20
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Labour
Mark Oaten
2005-01-10
Signed
Winchester
Liberal Democrat
Sue Doughty
2005-01-10
Signed
Guildford
Liberal Democrat
Paul Farrelly
2005-01-10
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Labour
John Barrett
2005-01-10
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Harold Best
2005-01-10
Signed
Leeds North West
Labour
Robert Wareing
2005-01-11
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Harry Cohen
2005-01-11
Signed
Leyton & Wanstead
Labour
Linda Perham
2005-01-11
Signed
Ilford North
Labour
Julie Morgan
2005-01-12
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Michael Mates
2005-01-12
Signed
East Hampshire
Conservative
Valerie Davey
2005-01-12
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Anne Begg
2005-01-12
Signed
Aberdeen South
Labour
Paul Marsden
2005-01-17
Signed
Shrewsbury & Atcham
Liberal Democrat
Sandra Gidley
2005-01-17
Signed
Romsey
Liberal Democrat
Fabian Hamilton
2005-01-17
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Barbara Roche
2005-01-20
Signed
Hornsey & Wood Green
Labour
David Heath
2005-01-20
Signed
Somerton & Frome
Liberal Democrat
Richard Allan
2005-01-27
Signed
Sheffield, Hallam
Liberal Democrat
Kelvin Hopkins
2005-01-31
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Phil Willis
2005-02-09
Signed
Harrogate & Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
Denis Murphy
2005-02-21
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Lembit
2005-03-17
Signed
Montgomeryshire
Liberal Democrat