Young Indians seek higher experience
Indian teenagers are flocking into higher education while most poor white males and black youths remain alienated from university, according to the latest figures, writes Alan Thomson. The Youth...
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More 16-year-olds are continuing in full-time education
* More 16-year-olds are continuing in full-time education, the government has revealed. Last year 68.5 per cent chose to stay in school or go to further education colleges to continue their education...
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Participation plans win extra places
Institutions committed to enrolling students from under-represented groups have gained the bulk of the extra student places for next year, under provisional allocation plans. Last week funding chiefs...
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Poor careers advice hampers women
Young women are more likely to end up in stereotypically "female" jobs because they were poorly advised on the further and higher education options available, a report revealed this week. The Equal...
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Teaching plans mean more costs
Vice-chancellors have criticised government plans to erode university control of teacher training by directly funding the thousands of training partnerships between schools and universities, writes...
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A third of all secondary initial teacher training courses have one or more quality areas in need of significant improvement
* A third of all secondary initial teacher training courses have one or more quality areas in need of significant improvement, according to school inspectorate Ofsted.
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Student helpline for legal advice
Students have set up a legal advice network in anticipation of an explosion of student complaints. The Students Legal Advice Network - Slant - has been established by Don Staniford, a project officer...
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Golden hello work in maths and science
Applications are up for postgraduate teacher training courses in maths and science, apparently bucking a trend that threatened a recruitment crisis. The latest Teacher Training Agency figures show...
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Natfhe knocks pay by results
Lecturers have warned that performance-related pay has not worked in colleges and universities and will not help the "crisis" in teacher supply. As teaching unions attacked PRP at their annual...
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Scots turn on tuition fees
Scotland's three opposition parties have focused on the abolition of tuition fees for students north of the border as they launched their manifestoes for the Scottish Parliament this week. The...
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Knowledge pool goes online
An on-line depository holding the sum of knowledge gained through the government's Technology Foresight project is to be launched next week. The Department of Trade and Industry says the Foresight...
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Joint statement confirms commitment to environment
The green agenda in higher education was this week given a new boost with university vice-chancellors, principals and students backing a wide-ranging statement of environmental intent. The joint...
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Ulster to unify FE &
Northern Ireland education minister John McFall is to consult on a key proposal from the Dearing committee for a tertiary funding council for the province. Northern Ireland is anomalous within the...
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Ulster University's pro chancellor Robert Hanna
* Ulster University's pro chancellor Robert Hanna said Northern Ireland, its economy and young people are at a distinct disadvantage compared with those in Great Britain. The province had a serious...
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Press primed for Lockerbie
Glasgow University has given a new spin to adult education with a seminar for journalists on the forthcoming Lockerbie trial. The two Libyan suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 are to...