Closure Of University Departments (EDM257)

Closure Of University Departments

EDM number 257 in 2004-05, proposed by Nick Harvey on 01/12/2004.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Harvey	01/12/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Anne Campbell	01/12/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	01/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	01/12/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	01/12/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/12/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	02/12/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/12/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/12/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Rob Marris	06/12/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	06/12/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/12/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	06/12/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/12/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	06/12/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	07/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/12/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	07/12/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	07/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	08/12/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/12/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	09/12/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/12/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	13/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	13/12/2004	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	20/12/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/01/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	10/01/2005	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/01/2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	10/01/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	10/01/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/01/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	11/01/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	11/01/2005	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/01/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	12/01/2005	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Valerie Davey	12/01/2005	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	12/01/2005	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/01/2005	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	17/01/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	17/01/2005	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	20/01/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
David Heath	20/01/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	27/01/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	09/02/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/02/2005	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/03/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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