End of vocational tax relief criticised
Alan Tuckett (above), chief executive of the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education, has criticised chancellor Gordon Brown's decision to phase out vocational tax relief, which lets people...
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Seven crowned with university college title
Surrey Institute of Art and Design has been given consent by the Privy Council to use the university college title. Six other higher education colleges gained the title: Buckinghamshire Chilterns...
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People problem affects FE recruitment goal
Further education colleges face an uphill struggle to hit widening participation targets, said Kate Anderson, Further Education Funding Council director for London. At a seminar on widening...
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V-cs advise Nesta to focus on priorities
The objectives of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts must be prioritised to prevent the proposed Pounds 10 million of support having "little significance or impact", the...
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Industry liaisons are 'crucial' to universities
Industry liaison officers will play a "crucial role" in meeting the government's call for university/industry collaboration, a conference will hear next week. Martin Haywood, chairman of the...
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Code aims to cut thefts of rare books and art
The government has drawn up a voluntary code of practice to help cut thefts of rare books and works of art. Drafted by the Home Office, with the Library Association and Council for Prevention of Art...
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Fifth Framework's first call for proposals
The first calls for proposals for Europe's Pounds 10.4 billion Fifth Framework research programme have been announced with deadlines as early as June. A European Commission spokesman said the mass...
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Plan to link top schools with tertiary sector
The government's Pounds 350 million "action plan" for struggling inner-city comprehensive schools will include measures to link the best "beacon schools" with local colleges and universities to give...
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Swing it
(Photograph) - Spencer Swadling, a graphic design student at the University of Luton, displays the label he devised that won a British Hat Guild competition. The label adorns 100,000 hats on sale in...
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Fashion fit
(Photograph) - John Ryle, a Danish contour fashion student at De Montfort University, with a colleague modelling her aerobic design. Ms Ryle was awarded first prize at an international exhibition...
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DFEE report details progress
The government's second annual Department for Education and Employment report came out this week with details of progress towards a learning society. It outlines higher education spending for 1999 to...
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Loophole in fees law
A loophole in government legislation to prevent top-up fees could legally enshrine two-tier higher education where the poorest are left with minimum provision. Consultation is under way on proposed...
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What the top-up fee regulations say
The regulations under section 28 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 spell out how much institutions can charge in extra fees without having part, or all, of their block grant clawed back...
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Moser raises the target for eradicating adult illiteracy
A government advisory group has called on ministers to triple the amount of further education funding for adult basic skills to Pounds 680 million a year in five years as part of a national strategy...
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Colleges cash in on extra places
Further education colleges have won more higher education places than planned as they cash in on a sub-degree bonanza. Colleges have secured more than half of the extra 36,000 higher education places...