Recommendations: 12, 85

Recommendation 12: We recommend to students’ unions and institutions that they review, on a regular basis, the services offered to their students and adapt them as necessary, in particular to meet the needs of part-time students.

2.4 The Government supports this recommendation inviting institutions and student unions to review and, if necessary, adapt the services they offer to all types of students.

Recommendation 85: We recommend to the Government that, with immediate effect, it brings together the representative bodies of students, schools, colleges, higher education institutions and the organisations offering careers services to identify what better information is needed by students about higher education opportunities, their costs and benefits; and to work together to improve timely dissemination of the information.

2.5 The Government will be taking the lead on this recommendation by bringing together representative bodies and others in a working group to research students’ information needs and establish where improvements can be made and how information can be better disseminated. The aim will be to ensure that students have the fullest available information on higher education opportunities, costs and benefits as a basis for making choices.

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