Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help retain clinical academics in universities.”
Tabled: 21 January 2025Answered: 27 January 2025
Asked by
Dr Peter Prinsley
Labour — Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Janet Daby)
As autonomous institutions, universities are responsible for their staffing decisions, including recruitment and retention. Where the Tories left universities on the brink, we have acted decisively to secure the future of the higher education sector. We remain committed to restoring universities as engines of growth, opportunity and aspiration.