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Universities: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The department has asked the higher education (HE) Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck, to continue to work with students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector to drive meaningful change in mental health practice through the HE Men...

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