No. I think it's fairly obvious. The idea, obviously, as it started, was with a certain amount of money to say we can afford this much for now, and if we can do the first and last years then it creates an incentive to start and an incentive to finish. And that's a good thing, no question, as a starting program. However, if you can provide it for all four years, if the person doesn't finish the first year and then finds they can't afford to do it the second year.... I look forward to seeing research on this in due course. We hear the department talking about maybe having some come out eventually, but I think the benefits are fairly obvious and I'll look forward to seeing the data in due course.
On May 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.