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  Opposition Day - [5th allotted day] - Higher Education - ELQ funding
  
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  The previous vote deleted the text of an Opposition motion on the Government's plan to withdraw HEFCE funding from courses taught to students who already possess an equivalent or higher level qualification.
  
  This vote formed the second part of the manoeuvre which, having deleted all of the original motion, substituted:
  
  <blockquote>'That this House supports the Government's decision to reprioritise some funding currently supporting the teaching of higher education students who already hold an equivalent or higher qualification, in order to enable approximately 20,000 additional full-time equivalent students to enter higher education for the first time; notes the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) consultation which proposes that transitional protection will be put into place to ensure that no provider loses in cash terms, that the change to the funding methodology will protect Foundation Degrees, employer co-financed programmes, and strategic subjects, and that the premium paid to support the costs of part-time provision will be increased; notes that HEFCE and Ministers have been engaging constructively with the Open University and Birkbeck on this issue; and believes that the Government is right to give priority to first-time students.'.</blockquote>
  
  This amended version was passed.
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