Access bait fails to lure poor
Government attempts to widen participation by under-represented groups are failing following the phasing out of maintenance grants, according to an analysis by the Universities and Colleges...
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Blunkett confirms lifelong overhaul
* The post-16 education and training sector needs a new, single, national funding agency, education secretary David Blunkett has said. Speaking about ministers' fundamental review of lifelong...
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Lib Dem leadership spat to focus on education
Lifelong learning will form a central plank of education spokesman Don Foster's campaign to become the next Liberal Democrat leader. Campaigning will start in earnest after the European elections on...
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New Labour accused of failing post-16s
The government has neglected post-16 education in its drive to raise standards in schools, according to a new book from the Institute of Education. The book's author, Ken Spours, said that the...
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Film industry gets Pounds 1.5 million training boost
Culture secretary Chris Smith has announced a Pounds 1.5 million-a-year scheme to help boost film production training in Britain. The funding will finance training in camera and sound work, editing...
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EU should follow UK's high-technology lead
The European Union should borrow the British government's idea of setting up university enterprise centres to create 20 of its own to help boost the high-tech sector, according to a report this week...
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Conference urges more business, college links
Industry leaders and academics met yesterday to discuss ways of forging stronger partnerships between universities and businesses. Michael Zietlyn, director of the conference organiser, Oakland...
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Birmingham and Aston join institutional forces
The Universities of Aston and Birmingham have embarked on what has been described as an institutional collaboration. The move comes as a response to the government's request that universities co-...
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Said business centre in supermarket sweep
Science minister Lord Sainsbury has made a multimillion-pound donation to Oxford University's Said Business School. The undisclosed sum from the former supermarket chairman is to be put towards a...
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Primary trainers fail to impress Ofsted
Some primary school teacher training providers are still falling short of minimum quality standards, schools inspector Ofsted has warned. Ofsted's primary follow-up survey, 1996-98, found that 34...
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Lack of expertise costs colleges millions
Universities are wasting millions of pounds purchasing goods and services without expert advice and proper procurement strategies, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office...
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World watch
The Center for Millennial Studies, which bills itself as the world's largest academic research centre dedicated to the millennium, has opened an international archive for materials relating to the...
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Degree curbs to end Italy doctor surplus
Rome The Italian government has approved legislation aimed at ending years of confusion, chaos and legal wrangling over limits on access to certain degree courses. The package of new laws, if...
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Bookshop haven faces a future in fast foods
Paris The bookshop of the Presses Universitaires de France, one of the major cultural and intellectual landmarks of Paris's university district, is facing closure. The shop, on the corner of the...
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Image campaign fails to convince big women
Fifty-three per cent of women at Aberystwyth University are unhappy with their body image, according to a survey carried out by its Guild of Students. The majority would like to be at least two sizes...