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Anger after DFES spurns warnings

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Politicians and academics have reacted angrily to the government's dismissal of their warnings about student funding, staff pay and research concentration. The government's dismissal came in the form of the Department for Education and Skill's responses to the consultation on the government's higher education white paper and to the report produced by the House of Commons education select committee on the white paper. Barry Sheerman, chairman of the select committee which produced a report savaging most of the proposals in the white paper, noted that some members of the committee may wonder whether all the work that they put into producing a report regarded by many as innovative and thoughtful has made any difference at all to government thinking.

Government domestic functions, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Analysis, Education and state, Education policy, United Kingdom. Department for Education and Skills

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Colleges to join top-up crowd

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Nine out of every 10 universities and colleges in the UK plan to charge the full UKPd3,000/yr fee for courses from 2006, a move that is expected to curb student choice and threaten the government's plans for higher education. Universities believe that they will have to charge the full amount in order to avoid the possibility that students could equate cheaper degrees with poorer quality. If all institutions were to charge full fees, it would also have an impact on government finances, with an additional UKPd1.8 bil being required to provide the student loans to cover the fees.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Commodity & service prices, Colleges and universities, Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, Educational aspects

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Ministers favour RAE elite

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Research assessment exercise results will determine how much funding UK universities will receive for further research projects. The government admits that the top schools are underfunded, and the funding council is considering options to distribute the money more evenly among deserving universities.

Finance

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