FE student numbers up to 2.4 million in 1998
Further education student numbers increased by 2 per cent last year, the Further Education Funding Council said. According to colleges' student data, 2.4 million students were enrolled at colleges in...
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Bailiffs ready to eject Sussex fee protesters
Bailiffs were this week to forcibly eject students from offices at Sussex University that they occupied in a protest against tuition fees. About 150 students stormed Sussex House last Tuesday in...
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Rape claim woman to sue Scottish university
A former St Andrews University student, who says she was gang-raped while on an exchange course in Ukraine in 1996, is expected to raise an action against the university by the end of this month....
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Students play dirty and get a clean sheet
Aberdeen University has avoided a public airing of its dirty linen by revoking a proposal to axe the linen service to certain halls of residence. Students had this week threatened to send up to 1,000...
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Home student numbers up
The number of home students starting a postgraduate course is up by 4.8 per cent this year, mainly at the masters level. Higher Education Funding Council figures show the number of students enrolled...
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Top dons' pay set to rocket
The sky could be the limit for top academics under "explosive" pay recommendations by the Bett committee. Sources close to the independent review of higher education, chaired by Sir Michael Bett,...
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Unison gears up for strikes
University members of public service union Unison voted this week to plan for industrial action, including all-out indefinite strikes, if pay demands were not met. But delegates to the union's higher...
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Defence research slashed by Pounds 7m
Government spending on defence research has been cut by Pounds 7 million this financial year - prompting concerns that the UK may not be able to keep up with its allies when it comes to developing...
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Computer short-fall
Colleges are woefully ill-prepared for the information technology revolution and need at least another 100,000 computers in the short term, the Further Education Funding Council has warned. The...
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College 'sleaze' investigated
A ministerial-led clampdown on alleged financial abuse, incompetence and excessive growth in colleges is causing increasing embarrassment to some of the sector's most influential figures, including...
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Calls for the abolition of the Further Education Funding Council
* The Further Education Development Agency has called for the abolition of the Further Education Funding Council and its replacement with a national funding body for all post-16 education and...
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FEFC staff face up to uncertain future
The abolition of the Further Education Funding Council is increasingly seen by its staff as an inevitable part of the government's fundamental review of post-16 education. Staff at the FEFC are...
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Ministers announce fraud measures
College leaders are seeking urgent clarification of ministers' plans to rein in college autonomy with unprecedented new powers of intervention for the Further Education Funding Council, writes Phil...
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Building maintenance spending set to fall in Welsh HE institutions
Welsh higher education institutions plan to spend Pounds 178 million over the next five to ten years on capital projects but their outlay on building maintenance is projected to decline substantially...
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New heights 100-foot Douglas fir tree
(Photograph) - An arboricultural student from Durham College of Agriculture and Horiculture scales a 100-foot Douglas fir tree in Dalby forest, north Yorkshire. The tree will be felled and used in a...