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Ministers act as poor jump ship
The government moved this week to shore up the numbers of older and poorer students as figures confirmed that applications from mature students for full-time higher education places in 1999 had...
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FE calls top helpline figures
A third of calls to the government's Learning Direct helpline were about FE opportunities. Figures for the first 11 months show that of the 406,069 calls, over 135,000 were about college courses. One...
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Appeals body rules in favour of exam board
Claims that defective A-level grades were awarded by the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council have been rejected by the Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations....
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Last Oxford rebels promise to pay up
(Photograph) - All 14 Oxford University students who were withholding tuition fees in protest at the end of free higher education have now all pledged to pay up, the university said this week. The...
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London rents exceed full grant and loan
Students in London paid an average Pounds 87 a week in private rent last year, Pounds 1,150 more than a full grant and loan. Outside London, rents were Pounds 41 a week, leaving just Pounds 450 to...
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GCU likely to appeal against reinstatement
Glasgow Caledonian University is likely to appeal against today's deadline for reinstating its former principal, Stan Mason. Dr Mason, fired for gross misconduct in 1997, recently won a tribunal for...
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Nottingham notches up a Malaysian first
Nottingham University has become the first British higher education institution to win Malaysian government approval to build a branch campus. British university representatives see it as an...
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Millennium bug-buster courses prove popular
The government is set to meet its target to fill 20,000 free millennium bug training places by March. Lifelong learning minister George Mudie, speaking at the Local Government Association conference...
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AoC warning over new funding plans
Colleges providing higher education for a small number of students could suffer under new funding proposals, the Association of Colleges has warned. The Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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LEAs in EMA pilot scheme announced
Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone yesterday announced the 12 local education authorities that will run pilot schemes for the government's Pounds 100 million education maintenance...
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ILT names Dearing as its first patron
Lord Dearing was announced as the first patron of the Institute of Learning and Teaching this week. The institute is due to be launched in the spring and has begun recruiting senior members of staff...
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Kingston backs down over uniform charge
Senior staff at Kingston University ran into trouble earlier this week over plans to charge student nurses Pounds 100 for their uniforms. Peter Scott, Kingston vice-chancellor, and Robert Boyd,...
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Staff fear call to log their love interests
Amorous staff at the University of Bradford could be asked to inform bosses of their romances under a revised code of practice, writes Harriet Swain. The university is discussing extending the...
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DTI devolution task
The trade and industry department will launch a consultation on the funding of Scottish university research following the creation of a Scottish Parliament, John Taylor, new research councils' chief...