Fees rebels swept away
THE government routed tuition fee rebels at the Labour party conference this week after pledging to open the door to an additional higher and further education 500,000 students in the next five years...
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Poachers in industry
Huw Richards reports from the fringe meetings at the Labour party conference in Brighton The University for Industry must live up to the "for industry" part of its title if it is to have a real...
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Oxbridge fears college fee crisis
Higher education: Many elite institutions want students to pay more to offset funding cuts OXBRIDGE colleges will ask students to make up cash shortfalls if the Government ceases to pay college fees...
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Late principal built business
Further education: colleges are fighting funding cuts by expanding links with local business and rural communities Swindon College is still reeling from the shock of principal Clive Brain's death in...
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Landlords cash in on students
STUDENTS living off-campus in Canadian cities are suffering an acute accommodation crisis. In Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto students are paying exorbitant rents to live, often illegally, in cramped...
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Blunkett's 'capital' idea is attacked
A KEY idea that has shaped the education secretary's thinking is to be denounced as a fallacy in a new national strategy for lifelong learning published next week. Frank Coffield, professor of...
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Grant delay hits Scots
Scottish universities and colleges are being forced to make emergency loans to students after delays by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland in processing grants. As most higher education...
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Most first wages will fall into loan payback zone
LESS than 4 per cent of graduate starting salaries fall below the future government threshold of Pounds 10,000 for repaying student loans, according to research by the Higher Education Careers...
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Cramped college chosen for PFI debut in province
Northern Ireland's most cramped college has been selected for the first private finance initiative in the province. A consortium of three local companies will build a replacement college costing an...
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QCA to tackle vocational qualifications
The new Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, officially launched this week, is to invite representatives of higher education institutions to take part in national advisory groups on improving the...
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Defer tuition fees north of border, says SNP
The Scottish National Party, which is holding its annual conference in Rothesay, has backed a resolution from the Federation of Student Nationalists calling on the government to postpone the...
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Sociologists in call for welfare rethink
MORE THAN 50 professors of social policy and sociology have called on the government to rethink its policies towards people on benefit. In a letter to a national newspaper, they asked the new social...
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Two studies find support for BSE-CJD link
Two BSE studies have this week provided the strongest evidence yet that new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is the human version of BSE. One, carried out by John Collinge of the prion disease group...
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DFEE spells out its lifelong learning priorities
The Department for Education and Employment has committed itself to "making a reality of lifelong learning" in its draft strategic framework for the next five years, spelled out in a consultation...
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Joint ventures succeed in cutting drop-out rates
Further education colleges often work with other training organisations to tackle the problem of young people who opt out of education, says a report from the Further Education Development Agency....